The Seven Deadly Sins (detail) - BOSCH, Hieronymus - WGA
The Seven Deadly Sins (detail) by BOSCH, Hieronymus
The Seven Deadly Sins (detail) by BOSCH, Hieronymus

The Seven Deadly Sins (detail)

by BOSCH, Hieronymus, Oil on panel, width of detail 23 cm

The detail represents Vanity, one of the seven deadly sins. A wealthy woman, surrounded by her abundant material possessions, stares into a mirror as she adjusts her headdress. She fails to recognize that a devil, sporting a similar cloth headpiece, holds her mirror.

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