The blue boat Die blau schuyte (title on object) The ship of corruption (title on object), The boat with the inscription 'die blau schuyte' has a playman as a punterman with a stringed instrument on his back and a can on the head. There are six more figures in the boat, including a fat man lying down with a songbook and two women. Below the performance a four-line verse in Dutch in two columns, referring to drinking, debauchery and depravity. At the top the title in Latin, French and Dutch, ship of fools, Pieter van der Heyden (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1559 and/or 1626 - 1676, paper, eng

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