
c. 1588
Theodor de Bry Flemish, 1528-1598
Germany
Especially luxurious prints were sometimes made with precious metal plates. The design of the roundel by the printer and goldsmith Theodor de Bry may also have been engraved into low silver bowls. Viewers must rotate the print to inspect the continuous design, which moves from Adam and Eve to the Apocalypse. The central visual gag is a double head showing a fool in this orientation and a satyr when upside down.
Engraving in black with brush and black wash on ivory laid paper