A jester laughingly points to his fool's flask. The staff has a jester's head sticking out its tongue. To the left behind is a gatehouse and to the right behind are two figures dressed in cloaks, perhaps monks. Below the depiction is a two-line text in Dutch, German and French.
| Artist |
Jan Saenredam
RKD
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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| Title | Laughing Jester with Fool's Flask |
| Date | ca. 1590 - 1600 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Assendelft TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-NF |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NF |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11737/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11P31521
monk(s), friar(s)
Iconclass
25I1461 city-gate Iconclass 31A25331 pointing to the forehead with the index finger Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31B62323 tongue stuck out Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A542 gate, entrance Iconclass 44B1524 court jester, court fool Iconclass 44B15241 attributes of court jester Iconclass 44B152411 fool's cap Iconclass 44B152412 bauble Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 57BB2 Mockery, Derision, Irreverence; 'Derisione', 'Dispreggio della Virtu' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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