Superbia (Pride), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins, or The Vices
Pieter van der Heyden, Superbia (Pride), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins, or The Vices, 1558, engraving on paper, The John Yeon Collection; Gift of Richard Louis Brown, public domain, 2007.1.1
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- Title
Superbia (Pride), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins, or The Vices
- Related Titles
display title: Superbia
series title: The Seven Deadly Sins
- Artist
- Related People
Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, ca. 1510-1570)
- Date
1558
- Medium
engraving on paper
- Catalogue Raisonné
van Bastelaer 127
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 8 3/4 in x 11 11/16 in; sheet: 8 3/4 in x 11 7/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
watermark: Tall flower with four tiers of leaves
inscription: NEMO SUPERBUS AMA SUPEROS, NEC AMATUR AB ILLIS/ Hoyerdye werdt van godt bouen al ghehaet Tseghelye werdt godt wedu van houerdye versmaet, inscribed, inscribed in the plate, along the lower margin
inscription: P. brueghel INVENTOR, inscribed, inscribed in the plate, l. r.
inscription: P/AME (intertwined) and Superbia, inscribed, inscribed in the plate, l.c.
inscription: Cock exnd cum privileg 1558, inscribed, inscribed in the plate, l.l.
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Flemish
- Credit Line
The John Yeon Collection; Gift of Richard Louis Brown
- Accession Number
2007.1.1
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
After Pieter Bruegel, the elder (Flemish, ca. 1525-1569).
- Exhibitions
2004 Sacred and Secular: Renaissance and Baroque Prints Portland Art Museum
2008 Celebrating Prints: Recent Acquisitions Portland Art Museum