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  • The portrayal of sin in the guise of a woman



    Molanus discusses the story of Zechariah who saw sin in the guise of a woman, because women give rise to the greatest vices through voluptuousness, therefore he concludes that it is correct to depict the ungodly as a woman.

    Conflict
    Visual tradition/Artistic model vs. written Tradition/History
    Mention
    Leuven, 1617
    Subject
    Personification of Sin ; Scylla ; Zechariah