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The Tree of Fools
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The Tree of Fools

Adriaen Huybrechts (I) · c. 1560 - c. 1580 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Allegorical representation with in the center a large tree with in the crown a large female satyr, apes and owls. Around it thirty small, numbered representations depicting human folly through, among others, soldiers, travelers, hunters, fishermen, lovers, shepherds, musicians, poets, orators, philosophers, etc. In the last representation a fool is stoned. Each scene is provided with three lines of Spanish text.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printFolly, Foolishness
Credit lineDe boom der dwaasheid. c. 1560 - c. 1580. Adriaen Huybrechts (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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