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Click to view high resolution image Title: Superbia (Pride) Creator: Bosch, Hieronymus, painter Description: Rather than employing the traditional depictions of the Seven Deadly Sins, the artist chooses to represent the sins as they occur in contemporary everyday life. Here a demon wearing a kerchief holds up a mirror for a woman who smiles at herself and adjusts her own kerchief. An open box of jewels sits on the floor, further indicating the woman’s pride in her appearance. Through the doorway to the right, the young man looking at himself in a handmirror suggests that it is not only women who are prey to the sin of pride. Source: Wikimedia Commons Rights: Public domain Subject (See Also): Demons Mirrors Pride Seven Deadly Sins Geographic Area: Low Countries Century: 15 Date: 1485 Related Work: "The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things: http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/table-of-the-mortal-sins/ Current Location: Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, P02822 Original Location: Madrid, El Escorial (as of late sixteenth century—original location unknown) Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Paintings Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Wood; Oil Donor: Height/Width/Length(cm): // Inscription: Related Resources:

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