Emblem: baldness, Jan Goeree, 1723 print An emblem with in the foreground a man and a woman who mourn for the death of their child. The man has covered his head. He cut his hair. It lies as a sacrifice next to his child's corpse. On the other side of the corpse the mother, who takes off her hair out of sorrow. Both are in front of a bare tree. In the background on the left the prophet Elisa, who takes revenge on the children who had called him for bald head. In the background on the right the destruction of Jerusalem by Emperor Vespasian and his son Titus. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Amst

Emblem: baldness, Jan Goeree, 1723 print An emblem with in the foreground a man and a woman who mourn for the death of their child. The man has covered his head. He cut his hair. It lies as a sacrifice next to his child's corpse. On the other side of the corpse the mother, who takes off her hair out of sorrow. Both are in front of a bare tree. In the background on the left the prophet Elisa, who takes revenge on the children who had called him for bald head. In the background on the right the destruction of Jerusalem by Emperor Vespasian and his son Titus. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Dordrecht paper engraving baldness. pulling out one's hair (+ grieving, mourning, lamenting, bewailing). hair-cutting. two bears come out of the woods and tear the children who were mocking Elisha to pieces. Emperor Titus destroying the temple of Jerusalem. (story of) the emperor Vespasian - aggressive relationships of person from classical history. child

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