Hoogmoed (Superbia)

A woman dressed in the height of late 16th-century fashion stands within a dark architectural niche, gazing into a mirror. She wears an elaborate lace ruff, a heavy gown, and strands of pearls, while shields depicting a peacock and a camel—symbols of vanity and arrogance—flank the top of the arch.

This print is part of a series on the Seven Deadly Sins, reflecting the Mannerist interest in moralizing allegories. The Latin verse connects the vice of pride to the fall of Lucifer and the expulsion of humanity from Eden, a theme central to Renaissance explorations of the soul's moral descent.