Mirror of Sin, Allegory of Pride, Cognitio peccatorum utilis, poenam tamen tollere nequit (title on object), The central representation shows a young man in fashionable costume with goose belly standing in landscape. Legs and torso of the man are printed from a separate plate and can be lifted. When folded up, the skeleton of the man's legs becomes visible and a representation of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise. The representation is surrounded by a mirror frame printed from a separate plate with six small representations of female personifications of sins. These were copied from a print series designed and published by Hendrick Goltzius., print maker: Conrad Goltz, (mentioned on object), after print by: Hendrick Goltzius, publisher: Petrus Overraat, (mentioned on object), print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Cologne, 1578 - 1597, paper, engraving, height 313 mm × width 250 mm
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