Of Bacbyters of Good Men (Two Fools with Dogs and Cats), from Sebastian Brant's The Ship of Fools
Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471 - 1528
Sebastian Brant, German, 1458 - 1521
cut 1493; published about 1497-1517
Woodcut on laid paper
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 3/8 in. (11.8 × 8.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Given in memory of Milton J. Goodfriend, M.D.
PR.986.76.2
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Latin text on reverse
Course History
GERM 10.06, A Visual History of Germany, Heidi Denzel, Winter 2022
Exhibition History
Old Master Prints from the Dartmouth Collection, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 23-April 10, 1988.
Provenance
David R. Godine, Boston, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1986.
Catalogue Raisonne
Meder (1932), Illustrierte Werke: VII, Latin Edition (p. 273-276)
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