Object number1941.1.10

De Hoopman van Narheit (The Captain of Folly) (from the series, Four Designs for Dishes)

Datec. 1578

Artist Theodor (Dirk) de Bry (Flemish, 1528-1598)

CultureFlemish

MediumEngraving

DimensionsImage: 4 7/8 in. (12.38 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 x 7 in. (17.94 x 17.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg and her children

On View

Not on view

Period16th c

Classification(s)

SignedNot signed

InscribedInscribed (around outer circle): Puis vergigne a le suuire (illegible)) est tousiours coustumiere / Des meschans est dÿme visans a sa grandeur / D'un cerveau esuent cause est laveugle (illegible) coeur / Quand un Tiran le sot et badin contrefaict/ Le temps produit apres son ordure en lumiere / Orgueil le rena vu fol Sagesse len (illegible) distrait; (around inner circle): DE HOOPMAN VA NARHEIT / LE CAPITIANE DES FOLLIE

Catalogue raisonnéHollstein 179; Wurzbach 9BibliographyLimouze, Dorothy and Susan Kuretsky. The Felix M. Warburg Print Collection: A Legacy of Discernment. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 1995. Hollstein 179; Wurzbach 9; Limouze 36ProvenanceCollections: Dr. Franz Pokorny (mid-sixteenth century, Lugt 2036); Felix M. and Frieda Warburg, New York
Exhibition HistoryThe Felix M. Warburg Print Collection: A Legacy of Discernment. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 1995.

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