The Seven Deadly Sins in Bruegel’s Day – Dorien Tamis; Jip van Reijen Express Levering

How to depict sin, human wickedness and folly? In what is now known as the long sixteenth century, religious and political tensions, and even the weather – this was the low point of the Little Ice Age – prompted a flood of images featuring the seven deadly sins in the Netherlands and the surrounding region. In this publication, four accessibly written essays examine different aspects of the pictorial tradition of the seven deadly sins, with Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s renowned series of prints of the same na…