De Mosselschelp, Johann Theodor de Bry, after Pieter van der Heyden, after Jheronimus Bosch, 1596 print Satire in the ecclesiastical position in the 16th century. A loose -banded company of nuns and fathers is packed in an open mussel shell. There is eating, sexes and musicians. Apart from the bagpipe, there are no real but so -called Charivari instruments - here the hair roster and the bellows - "played". In this way it is made clear that here the moral norms and values of the monks are reversed. Emblem no. 13 in Emblemata Saecularia, 1596 and no. 34 in the second edition of 1611. paper engr
De Mosselschelp, Johann Theodor de Bry, after Pieter van der Heyden, after Jheronimus Bosch, 1596 print Satire in the ecclesiastical position in the 16th century. A loose -banded company of nuns and fathers is packed in an open mussel shell. There is eating, sexes and musicians. Apart from the bagpipe, there are no real but so -called Charivari instruments - here the hair roster and the bellows - "played". In this way it is made clear that here the moral norms and values of the monks are reversed. Emblem no. 13 in Emblemata Saecularia, 1596 and no. 34 in the second edition of 1611. paper engraving Existence and Modes of Existence (+ emblematical representation of concept). monks and nuns. molluscs: mussel. improvised musical instruments (kitchen-utensils, etc.) - CC - out of doors
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