print;
satirical print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1880,0710.841
- Title
- Object: Unser sind Siben / Nous sommes Sept (We are seven)
- Description
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Three fools riding on three asses, which are positioned in a landscape as to look as if they had only one head. c.1640
Engraving
- Production date
- 1630-1650
- Dimensions
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Height: 253 millimetres
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Width: 212 millimetres (sheet size (trimmed to image))
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For other examples of the popular "We are Seven" iconography, see Curatorial Comment for S.3800.
According to Paas, this is the work of Jacob von der Heyden of Strasbourg, and he dates it c. 1640. He illustrates two copies from it, one by Altzenbach, the other by an unknown German publisher.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1880,0710.841
