Twee ezels die elkaars rug krabben, Caspar Merian, after Hans Holbein (II), after Ambrosius Holbein, 1676

Title(s)

Twee ezels die elkaars rug krabben
Illustraties uit de Lof der Zotheid (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-21.903

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein German 43

Artist

• print maker: Caspar Merian
• after drawing by: Hans Holbein (II)
• after drawing by: Ambrosius Holbein
• publisher: Johann Rudolf Genath

Dating

1516 and/or 1676

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / letterpress printing

Measurements

height 59 mm × width 62 mm

What

• ass, donkey
• Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (Ripa)

Acquisition

unknown 1994

Copyright

Public domain

• The drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger for Erasmus' "Praise of folly", p. 400, cat.nr. 31