Fall of man, Hieronymus Wierix, after Ambrosius Francken (I), After Willem van Haecht (I), 1578 print Allegory on the downfall of man. The worldly man (Mundanus Homo) falls with a table and all because of the opened hatch in the floor. The devil (Diabolus) keeps his nets ready to catch him. A naked woman, the sin (peccatum), pulls the worldly man on his coat so that she can pierce him with her arrow. In the middle, death (Mors) focuses his arrow on the falling man. He is stopped by the Divine grace (Gratia). Above her head the pigeon of the Holy Spirit. On the far right, arrogance (arrogantia), the man with helmet, shield and raised sword, ambition (ambitio) and violence (Violentia). They compete for the earthly riches that have fallen from Vanitas's bed through the hole in the floor. The performance is clarified in the Dutch, French and German captions in the margin. Antwerp paper engraving man in a general biological sense (+ variant). Deputy, Evil, Sin; 'Sin' (Ripa). (Doctrine On) D