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Et Follie Orgville

Theodor de Bry, Johann Theodor de Bryca. 1578

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

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.

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  • Title: Et Follie Orgville
  • Creator: Théodore de Bry
  • Creator Lifespan: 1528/1598
  • Date Created: ca. 1578
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • Medium: Engraving on white laid paper
  • Paper Support: White laid paper
  • Dimensions: 12.7 x 12.4 cm (5 x 4 7/8 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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