Pride

Printmaker: Pieter van der Heyden, Flemish, c.1530–after March 1572
After: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish, c.1525–1569
Publisher: Hieronymus Cock, Netherlandish, 1510–1570
Date: 1558
Material: Engraving
made in: Netherlands, Europe
Classification: Prints
Collection: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: framed: 15 5/8 × 18 1/4 in. (39.7 × 46.4 cm)
8 13/16 × 11 9/16 in. (22.4 × 29.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Julian and Hope Edison
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 312:2021.3

NOTES

Pieter Bruegel's fantastical vision reveals a world where people and demons alike indulge in acts of vanity. At center of this engraving, an allegorical figure of Pride looks into a mirror, admiring her attire which resembles the gaudy plumage of the peacock beside her.

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