Superbia as a fashionably dressed lady, mirror in the right hand, her left hand resting on the head of the peacock, her attribute. The skirt of the dress is foldable. Below her lower body as a skeleton with Adam and Eve during the Fall. In frame depicting the personifications of the other six deadly sins: Gula, Avaritia, Luxuria, Invidia, Ira, Pigritia. Title in cartouche top centre. With inscription: Hoeffart ein Matter aller Sundt [...] all sein Kindt. The caption is an 8-line verse in German. In the bottom centre of the cartouche a four-line verse: Der Sündn erkantnuss ist wol gut, allegorie op de hoogmoed Cognitio peccatorum utilis, poenam tam tollere nequit., print maker: Conrad Goltz, (mentioned on object), Hendrick Goltzius, (copy after), publisher: Petrus Overraat, (mentioned on object), 1578 - 1597, paper, engraving, h 314 mm × w 253 mm
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Superbia, fashionably dressed lady, mirror, right hand, left hand resting, head, peacock, attribute, skirt, dress, foldable, lower body, skeleton, Adam, Eve, Fall, frame depicting, personifications, six deadly sins, Gula, Avaritia, Luxuria, Invidia, Ira, Pigritia, Title, cartouche top centre, inscription, Hoeffart ein Matter aller Sundt [, ], sein Kindt, caption, 8-line verse, German, bottom centre, cartouche, four-line verse, Der Sündn erkantnuss ist wol gut, allegorie op de hoogmoed Cognitio peccatorum utilis, poenam tam tollere nequit, print maker, Conrad Goltz, mentioned, object, Hendrick Goltzius, copy, publisher, Petrus Overraat, mentioned, object, 1578 - 1597, paper, engraving, h 314 mm × w 253 mm
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