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Pride and Arrogance
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Pride and Arrogance

Monogrammist CB met boom · 1531 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Depiction of the proverb "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall" (Prov. 16:18). A landscape with a couple in luxurious clothing on horseback, riding past a beggar leaning against a tree stump. Behind them, a fight between two men. At the top, a cartouche with the proverb in German.

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Credit lineHooghartigheid en Hoogmoed. 1531. Monogrammist CB met boom. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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