Design for an Engraved Tazza with the Head of a Jester and a Satyr, representing Pride and Folly
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1588
name: label: Print Maker
content: Theodor de Bry, Flemish, 1528 – 1598
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Double head of two men, one of whom wears a fool's cap, in the center, embodying Pride and Foolishness, which form the theme of the representations in the outer circle: the wife upon the dragon of the Revelations of St. John; Phaeton's death; the original sin; Marcus Curtius jumping into the abyss; a woman with a looking glass; a peacock; monsters. Inscriptions in Low German and French.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands or Belgium
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1942-36-33
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 12.7 x 12.4 cm (5 x 4 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)