Allegorie des Hochmuts

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1506

The image features a seated woman with long hair, wearing an elaborate dress and a flower and leaf crown. She holds a mirror in her right hand and her left hand rests on her lap. She wears a necklace with a pendant and sits on a creature with a coiled shell and a dragon-like head. The background has a patterned cross-hatching texture.
Künstler
Albrecht Altdorfer
Datierung
1506
Gattung
Druckgrafik
Technik
Kupferstich auf Büttenpapier
Maße
sheet (cut within platemark): 9,9 × 7,5 cm
Sammlung
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lizenz
Gemeinfrei, CC0

Bildbeschreibung

The image features a seated woman with long hair, wearing an elaborate dress and a flower and leaf crown. She holds a mirror in her right hand and her left hand rests on her lap. She wears a necklace with a pendant and sits on a creature with a coiled shell and a dragon-like head. The background has a patterned cross-hatching texture.

Albrecht Altdorfer