| The Love of Gold | |
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| Artist | Thomas Couture |
| Year | 1844 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, allegorical painting |
| Dimensions | 152 cm× 189.5 cm(60 in× 74.6 in) |
| Location | Musée des Augustins, Toulouse |
The Love of Gold (French: La soif de l'or) is an 1844 allegorical oil painting by the French artist Thomas Couture. [1] Romantic in style, it depicts the effects of greed and the moral corruption that follows. Three years later Couture would have his greatest success with The Romans in their Decadence , which dwelt on similar themes. The painting was displayed at the Salon of 1844 at the Louvre in Paris. [2] Today it is part of the collection of the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse, having been acquired in 2004. [3]
