The Triumph of Humility

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Black-and-white reproduction of chariot filled with and surrounded by human figures. In background cliff towers over sheep and humans. 
Cornelis Cort (Dutch, ca. 1533–ca. 1578) after Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498–1574)

from the series The Cycle of the Vicissitudes of Human Affairs, 1564. Engraving, 22.4 x 29.6 cm. Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Gift of Walter S. Melion and John M. Clum. New Hollstein 488. New Hollstein 153.

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Seated on a chariot pulled by two horses, one named Mildness, the other Modesty, the veiled female personification of Humility displays a cloven heart in her right hand, a shepherd’s crook in her left. Before her sits a smaller female figure who personifies Peace: she wears an olive wreath and carries a second wreath in one hand, an olive branch in the other. At the front of the chariot, a bearded male figure, identified as Fear, holds the reins. Walking beside the chariot are female personifications of Faith with a cross, Hope with an anchor, and Charity with three children. 

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    Cornelis Cort (Dutch, ca. 1533–ca. 1578) after Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498–1574)
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