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Allegory of Pride

Conrad Goltz · 1578 - 1597 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

Superbia as a fashionably dressed lady, lily in the right hand. To the left of her stands a peacock, her attribute. The skirt of the gown is foldable. Below it her lower body as a skeleton with Adam and Eve during the Fall. In the corners of the architectural frame four medallions with Biblical scenes about pride. With inscription in German.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print Eve offers the fruit to Adam Pride ornamental birds: peacock ornament ~ cartouche (human) skeleton

Credit lineAllegorie op de hoogmoed. 1578 - 1597. Conrad Goltz. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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