Folly dancing in the world The personification folly zotskolven dances with her hands on the globe. On either side of her horns of plenty, filled with worldly things, such as playing cards, money and musical instruments. The performance is encased in an ornamental frame of leafs, scroll work, two zotskoppen. Manufacturer : print maker: Bernard Picart (studio) to drawing of: Bernard Picart (indicated on object) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1728 Physical characteristics: etching and engra material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 98 mm × W 13
Folly dancing in the world The personification folly zotskolven dances with her hands on the globe. On either side of her horns of plenty, filled with worldly things, such as playing cards, money and musical instruments. The performance is encased in an ornamental frame of leafs, scroll work, two zotskoppen. Manufacturer : print maker: Bernard Picart (studio) to drawing of: Bernard Picart (indicated on object) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1728 Physical characteristics: etching and engra material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 98 mm × W 132 mmToelichtingPrent possibly used in: Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas. Oeuvres. Amsterdam: François Changuion, Den Haag, Pieter de Hondt, 1729. Entry 8: Explication des Vignettes de la Seconde Edition des Oeuvres de Boileau. Amsterdam: Bernard Picart, 1729. Subject: ornaments ~ artFolly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (RIPA) bauble'Cornucopia ', Horn of Plenty
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