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Humility Overcomes Pride
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Humility Overcomes Pride

Pieter Jalhea Furnius · 1550 - 1625 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

The personification of Humility (Tapinophrosyne) sits with a yoke in her hands and a lamb on her lap. She has placed her foot on the personification of Pride (Superbia) which lies on the ground before her. The print has a Latin inscription and is part of a series about virtues and vices.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineNederigheid overwint de Hoogmoed. 1550 - 1625. Pieter Jalhea Furnius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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