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| Title:: |
Artzneÿ-Narr (The Medicine Fool) |
Year:: |
1730 |
| Artist: |
Merian, Caspar |
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| Medium: |
etching |
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| Period: |
German 17th Century |
School/Style: |
Caricature 18th-19th Century |
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180
124
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| Price: |
$275.00 |
| Description: |
A good impression on the full page from the book, with the engraved text. Though Merian died ca. 1686/8, the volume, by the pseudonymous Wahrmund Jocoserius, was apparently not published until 1730 by Freytstadt in Nuremberg. The image shows the fool seated by a table, taking medicine administered by a woman. The table contains more medicines and do the shelves behind him. His bed is nearby. It is clearly a representation of hypochondria. |
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