Pride and Madness (Orgeuille et Follie)

Prints and Drawings

c. 1588

Theodor de Bry
Flemish, 1528-1598

Especially luxurious prints were sometimes made with precious metal plates. The design of the roundel by the printer and goldsmith Theodor de Bry may also have been engraved into low silver bowls. Viewers must rotate the print to inspect the continuous design, which moves from Adam and Eve to the Apocalypse. The central visual gag is a double head showing a fool in this orientation and a satyr when upside down.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Theodor de Bry
Title: Pride and Madness (Orgeuille et Follie)
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1581–1623
Medium: Engraving in black with brush and black wash on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image/sheet diameter, trimmed within platemark: Diam.: 12.1 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Print and Drawing Club
Reference Number: 1926.458
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