Author: Anonymous 16th century German artist
Title: Antique print, engraving | DIE HOFFART (Superbia)/Hooghartigheid, published 1547, 1 p.
Description: Allegory or personification of Superbia: a half-naked woman with many necklaces and with wings made of peacock feathers looks at herself in the mirror. Beyond her is a horse and some trees.Titled below: DIE HOFFART, dated above: 1547.Remotely inspired by Georg Pencz's iconography. Other representations of Superbia feature young women, richly dressed, with a mirror, accompanied by the peacock as a bird.An impression with this title is described on p. 228 of the 1797 Description du cabinet de monsieur Paul de Praun à Nuremberg as by an Anonymous German artist. Probably from a set with the seven deadly sins. Engraving on paper, trimmed within plate mark, pasted down on heavier paper; total: 80 x 58 mm; very interesting impression.
Keywords: Allegories|Animals|Early printings|Nude|Old Master Prints|Rare|Religion|Women
Title: Antique print, engraving | DIE HOFFART (Superbia)/Hooghartigheid, published 1547, 1 p.
Description: Allegory or personification of Superbia: a half-naked woman with many necklaces and with wings made of peacock feathers looks at herself in the mirror. Beyond her is a horse and some trees.Titled below: DIE HOFFART, dated above: 1547.Remotely inspired by Georg Pencz's iconography. Other representations of Superbia feature young women, richly dressed, with a mirror, accompanied by the peacock as a bird.An impression with this title is described on p. 228 of the 1797 Description du cabinet de monsieur Paul de Praun à Nuremberg as by an Anonymous German artist. Probably from a set with the seven deadly sins. Engraving on paper, trimmed within plate mark, pasted down on heavier paper; total: 80 x 58 mm; very interesting impression.
Keywords: Allegories|Animals|Early printings|Nude|Old Master Prints|Rare|Religion|Women
Price: EUR 363.00 = appr. US$ 394.53 Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur
- Book number: 65864
- Book number: 65864