Pride (Le Orgueil), from the Deadly Sins (Les Péchés Capitaux) series
James Ensor
Belgian, 1860–1949

Details
Title
Pride (Le Orgueil), from the Deadly Sins (Les Péchés Capitaux) series
Artist/Maker
James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949)
Date
1888
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
6 5/16 "x 9 1/2"
Credit
Purchase with funds from the Lawrence and Alfred Fox Foundation for the Ralph K. Uhry Collection
Accession #
72.8 A
On View
Currently not on view
Pride is often considered the foremost of the deadly sins, as through it all other sins enter the soul. In Ensor’s representation, a prosperous man with an overly large head blithely receives the truckling greetings of his inferiors, who kiss his hands and bow to him. Time and Death, represented by skeletons, are not far away.