Theodor de Bry
Flemish, 1528-1598
Pride and Madness (Orgeuille et Follie)
INV-2869
Theodor de Bry
Flemish, 1528-1598c. 1588
Pride and Madness (Orgeuille et Follie)
Theodor de Bry Flemish, 1528-1598 →engravingprint
Date
c. 1588
Medium
Engraving in black with brush and black wash on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet diameter, trimmed within platemark: Diam.: 12.1 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club
Especially luxurious prints were sometimes made with precious metal plates. The design of the roundel by the printer and goldsmith Theodor de Bry may also have been engraved into low silver bowls. Viewers must rotate the print to inspect the continuous design, which moves from Adam and Eve to the Apocalypse. The central visual gag is a double head showing a fool in this orientation and a satyr when upside down.
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