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Print, Design for an Engraved Tazza with the Head of a Jester and a Satyr, representing Pride and Folly
This is a Print. It was print maker: Théodore de Bry. It is dated ca. 1588 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is engraving on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This print is one of a series of designs for the interior decoration of tazza, footed metal bowls, engraved by goldsmith de Bry. The central image features the head of a Fool, which, when turned upside down, cleverly transforms into the head of a satyr. The wide border contains biblical and moralizing scenes set within scrolling foliage, grotesque motifs, and monstrous creatures inspired by reptiles and insects.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
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- engraving on white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
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Its dimensions are
Sheet: 12.7 x 12.4 cm (5 x 4 7/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)
Cite this object as
Print, Design for an Engraved Tazza with the Head of a Jester and a Satyr, representing Pride and Folly; Print Maker: Theodor de Bry (French, active Netherlands and Germany, 1528 - 1598); Netherlands; engraving on white laid paper; Sheet: 12.7 x 12.4 cm (5 x 4 7/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1942-36-33
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.
