Imagination of the proverb 'Consider before you begin' Cartoon on the Arminians, 1618 Versint eer ghy beghint (title on object), Moralistic performance that is sometimes interpreted as a cartoon on the Arminians in 1618. The inscription in the middle 'Versint eer ghy beghint' better indicates the subject of the performance. Despite the warnings of an old man, a young man dives into the wide opening of a large horn. However, he then gets stuck in the narrow end. On the right, a smiling jester looks out the window and expresses the moral of the print, the saying 'Think before you begin' or 'He

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Imagination of the proverb 'Consider before you begin' Cartoon on the Arminians, 1618 Versint eer ghy beghint (title on object), Moralistic performance that is sometimes interpreted as a cartoon on the Arminians in 1618. The inscription in the middle 'Versint eer ghy beghint' better indicates the subject of the performance. Despite the warnings of an old man, a young man dives into the wide opening of a large horn. However, he then gets stuck in the narrow end. On the right, a smiling jester looks out the window and expresses the moral of the print, the saying 'Think before you begin' or 'He works his way up.', anonymous, 1618, paper, engraving, h 288 mm × w 328 mm

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