Sloth, from The Deadly Sins
1902
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching with drypoint from a copper plate, with hand-coloring, on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 9.3 × 13.4 cm (3 11/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Plate: 9.8 × 13.8 cm (3 7/8 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet, sight: 13.1 × 16.9 cm (5 3/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1958.378
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Sloth, from The Deadly Sins — James Ensor. 1902.
Medium: Etching with drypoint from a copper plate, with hand-coloring, on ivory wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 9.3 × 13.4 cm (3 11/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Plate: 9.8 × 13.8 cm (3 7/8 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet, sight: 13.1 × 16.9 cm (5 3/16 × 6 11/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.
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