The Wisdom of Fools

Hendrick Goltzius, Karel van Manderc. 1592

Details

Title: The Wisdom of Fools
Creator: Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Karel van Mander I
Date Created: c. 1592
Physical Dimensions: plate: 24.5 x 17.2 cm (9 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 34.6 x 27.3 cm (13 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
Provenance: Château de la Roche-Guyon, France (part of an album)1; (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased by NGA, 2003. 1 The album was bound in vellum, with "Abraham" on the cover and "Ligeoys" on the back cover. The Château de la Roche-Guyon stamp was on some of the pages, which included a variety of northern mannerist prints by Goltzius, Matham, Saenredam, and others. It was apparently dismantled by Prouté for sale of some of the prints to the NGA.
Rights: CC0
Medium: engraving on laid paper

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