Title

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant

Caption

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. From the service of two masters, a fool is he who wants to do two things at once, he is like the hunter who wants to catch two hares with a hound, and therefore comes away empty-handed., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Date

Jun 21, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK23D91_126

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

39,7Mb (2,9Mb) / 10,3in x 15,0in / 3086 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

1 person 1900s 19th century 19th-century 2 Boat trip Boat trips Historic illustration Historic illustrations Historical illustration Jester Jesters black black and white black-and-white black-white book books catch catching contemporary copy critical depiction depictions digital digitally drawn fool former formerly historic historical history hunter hunters illustration illustrations image image motif late medieval mirror mirror image mirror images mirrored mirroring each other mirrors motif nineteenth century one person reflect reflected reflecting reflection reflections reformation replica replication representation reproduction restored satirical single person two vice vices vintage white woodcut woodcuts woodprint xylograph church history drawing drawings ecclesiastical history mediaeval medieval old reconstruction refurbishment restoration restoration work restorations sketch