V Ambitiosa Temeritas by Roemer Visscher

V Ambitiosa Temeritas 1614

aged paper

toned paper

old engraving style

sketch book

personal sketchbook

pen and pencil

sketchbook drawing

watercolour illustration

sketchbook art

watercolor

"V Ambitiosa Temeritas" (Ambitious Rashness) is an engraving by Roemer Visscher from 1614. The print depicts a man in a hat stabbing a lion with a dagger. The man is kneeling over the defeated lion, symbolizing the dangers of rashness and ambition. The engraving is part of Visscher's series "Van de Sinnepoppen" which was intended to educate the public about the seven deadly sins through allegorical imagery. The piece is now in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.