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Object Type
Museum number: 1880,0710.906
Description: Two fools smiling down at their baubles; two ovals with fools,three-quarter length, one in profile to left; sheet with letterpress below (30.00 x 307.00 mm) Engraving and letterpress
Producer name: Print made by: Jacques de Gheyn II (workshop of); Print made by: Zacharias Dolendo (?); Published by: Jacques de Gheyn II
School/style
Production date: 1596 (circa)
Materials
Technique: engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 200 millimetres; Width: 305 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The imagery of 'the fool smiling at his bauble' can refer to the Dutch proverb 'each fool praises his own bauble', inspired by Cicero's 'suum cuique pulchrum' (each thinks his own beautiful). Literature: M. Jones, 'The Print in Early Modern England: An Historical Oversight', New Haven and London, 2010, p.375 and fig.371.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; fool/jester
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1880,0710.906

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