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Friday, January 31, 2014

engraved tazza 1588

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception
Design for an engraved tazza with the head of a jester in profile with an upside down head of a satyr (Pride and Folly) in a roundel; surrounded by a round band of ornament decorations, including scenes of the temptation of Adam and Eve and the Whore of Babylon riding the beast with seven heads; circular plate. c.1588
Theodoor de Bry (Print made by); Theodoor de Bry (Published by
The British Museum

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