ДУРАКИ. Старинные гравюры и картинки.

Jun 09, 2009 13:13

ДУРАКИ И ШУТЫ. Старинные гравюры и картинки.



Two Fools of Carnival
Two fools dance toward the right while playing and grinning; behind them an inn.
Engraving made by Hendrik Hondius I After Pieter Bruegel the Elder,Dutch, 1642.





A fool holding a staff
A jester leaning on a ledge, half-length, leering and pointing to his fool's staff.

Engraving made by Jan Saenredam, After Hendrik Goltzius, Netherland, 1595 (circa).


The fool and the two bathing women
The male figure at centre being undressed by the female figure in the bath-tub at left and another standing behind him at right.

Print made by Sebald Beham, 1541.
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A couple of fools - не слабая у него игрушка в руке(!)
The male figure at left holding a flask, the female fool seated at right; dragonflies and bees above the figures.

Print made by Sebald Beham, 1531-1550.


Death dressed as a fool pursuing a couple
Intersting German print made by Allaert Claesz, dated 1562.

Death dressed as a fool pursuing a couple; Death holding up an hourglass; the man at centre pushing him away from the fleeing woman, whose hand Death has grasped; from a series of seven engravings.



The wisdom of fools
Three fools sitting together, one has thick-rimmed glasses and has an owl perched on his wrist; first state with Latin text; unsigned; after Karel van Mander. c.1592.


The Procuress, the rich man, the prostitute, the fool & the other woman
Beautiful German woodcut, made by Heinrich Vogtherr II, 1537.

The Procuress; standing behind a table in an interior drinking from a glass and passing something to a female figure with her left hand; at the table a richly dressed man courted by a prostitute at left; above him a window with a fool pointing towards the scene. c.1537



Поведение дураков- сценки.
Two scenes illustrating foolish behaviour
on top, two fools beating up a third; below, a man leaning over a bowl and washing his hair, which is combed by another who is standing to left with a rake; left part of a larger sheet which was cut in the centre. c.1600


Two scenes illustrating foolish behaviour I, II
on top, a fool beating up two other with a frying pan because they have eaten his food; below, a man breeding out some eggs; right part with a larger sheet, which has trimmed in the centre. c.1600


'While maskinge in their folleis all doe passe, though all say nay yet all doe ride the asse', 1607
Satire on the folly of the world: a group of men and a courtesan vie to ride the ass of folly which is led by a beggar who fails to persuade a judge to take part; a fool holds the ass by the tail.

Lettered with title along the top and four stanzas of verse below and more verses beside each character; with a later address 'Printed coloured and sold by John Garrett at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange in Cornhill going up the stayres'


A Fools drunkenness assembly
Interior of a large hall with a woman seated at centre and drinking wine, three jesters behind her, a girl eating a sausage and leaning on the woman's lap, another woman in lower right corner drinking wine directly from the barrel.

Mezzotint published by Pieter van den Berge, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1648-1695.



Four Fools Striving to Separate Honesty from Profit
The fools blind-folded and fighting over two sealed strong-boxes which are chained together.

Woodcut made by Hans Weiditz and printed by Heinrich Steiner, to Cicero, 'Officia', Augsburg: Steiner, Germany, 1531.



A Naked Woman With a Chastity Belt Cheating On Her Husband
A naked woman with a chastity belt sits on a bed with her foot on a chest and offers a key to a finely attired man with fools ears; two figures observe the scene from the shadows and a fool empties a sheet of lice? into a basket.
Здесь на шляпе у обманутого мужа ослиные уши, что означает, что он- дурак:)
Engraving made by Heinrich Wirrich, Germany, 1575-1600.

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