Pride

published 1558

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Associated Names
Pieter van der Heyden

Artist, Netherlandish, active c. 1551/1572

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Artist After, Netherlandish, c. 1525/1530 - 1569

This is a print showing a chaotic scene featuring strange creatures and oddly-shapes structures. Some of the structures in the background seem to emit smoke or vapor, as do some hills behind them. The creatures that fill the scene seem to have a combination of human and animal characteristics and exaggerated proportions. Several of the creatures seem to be looking at their reflections in mirrors of different sizes, and many also appear to be grooming themselves or others. To the right of center, a peacock walks alongside several of these creatures. At the bottom of the print are several lines of text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.6 × 29.5 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.4 × 37.9 cm (11 3/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.430

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 23, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Drolleries and Demons: Six Centuries of 'Fantastic' Prints, IBM Gallery, New York, NY, 1965, no. 25..

1995

  • Adriaen Brouwer: Youth Making a Face, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, as Suberbia (Pride) by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder; engraved by Pieter van der Heyden.

2015

  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, CT, 2015.

Bibliography

1908

  • Bastelaer, Rene van. Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien. Brussels: G. van Oest et Cie, 1908.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Pieter Bruegel, Nadine Orenstein author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 23, state only.

Inscriptions

lower center, in image, in plate: SVPERBIA; lower left, in image, in plate: Cock excud cum privileg 1558; lower center, in image, in plate: PAME [artist's monogram]; lower right, in cartouche, in plate: .P. brueghel . Inuentor.; in lower margin, in plate: NEMO SVPERBVS AMAT SVPEROS, NEC AMATVR AB ILLIS. (Nobody who is proud loves the gods above, nor is her loved by them.) / Hovardye werdt van godt boven al ghehaet Tsegelyk werdt godt weder van hoverdye versmaet (Pride is hated by God above all, at the same time God is abused by Pride) [translation from Nadine Orenstein, ed., Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, p. 151.]

Wikidata ID

Q65511680

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