Twee narren op jacht
1676
Medium
etching
Dimensions
147; 55
About this artwork
Prent afkomstig uit: Erasmus, Desiderius. Morias enkomion (...). Bazel: Johann Rudolf Genath, 1676. De prenten hierin zijn naar tekeningen die Hans en Ambrosius Holbein maakten voor de theoloog Oswald Myconius in diens uitgave van de Moriae encomium (Lof der Zotheid) van 1516.
Art Historical Context
This small etching by Caspar Merian, measuring just 55 by 147 millimeters, originates from a 1676 Basel edition of Desiderius Erasmus’s celebrated satirical text *Moriae Encomium* (Praise of Folly). The print depicts two fools on a hunt, a playful yet pointed image that visually amplifies Erasmus’s critique of human folly, social pretensions, and institutional absurdities. Such illustrations helped readers visualize the book’s witty arguments, making abstract ideas more immediate and memorable for seventeenth-century audiences. The design traces back to drawings created around 1516 by Hans an...