Fool Collection (page 2)

Carnival Procession, c. 1660. Creator: Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de (1589-1662)
Carnival Procession, c. 1660. Found in the Collection of Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

The juggler: a village fair, 1873. Artist: Beinke, Fritz (1842-1907)
The juggler: a village fair, 1873. Found in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales

A juggler, 1870. Artist: Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence (1836-1912)
A juggler, 1870. Found in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Jesters, c1955. Creator: Shirley Markham
Jesters, c1955. Jesters and fools through the ages. Page from " Marvelman" comic. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design

Certain City macaronis drinking asses milk, c1770. A woman with her hand round an asss neck handing out mugs of milk to finely dressed men

Merry Andrew, possibly a jester or fool, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Merry Andrew, a clown or buffoon, (c1688?). Cross-looking man dancing with one shoe and a ruff. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

An appropriate emblem for the triumphal arch of the new (Buckingham) palace
An appropriate emblem for the triumphal arch of the new palace - dedicated to the poor penny-less-priest-ridden and paralysed John Bull

Fools Head, c. 1560. Private Collection

Ice castle built for Empress Anna Ioannovna during the Month of January of the Year 1740. Private Collection

Masked Ball. Private Collection

Illustration for War of Petrushka and Stepka-Rastrepka by Evgeni Schwartz, 1925. Private Collection

Minstrels and Jugglers at Court, 1882. Artist: Anonymous
Minstrels and Jugglers at Court, 1882. Private Collection

The Mocking of Human Follies. Artist: Verbeeck, Frans (c. 1510-1570)
The Mocking of Human Follies. Private Collection

Natural Fools (The Triumphal Procession of the Emperor Maximilian I), ca 1515. Private Collection

Leaving the Masqued Ball. Artist: Madrazo y Garreta, Raimundo de (1841-1920)
Leaving the Masqued Ball. Found in the collection of Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga

Musicians and acrobats (detail). Artist: Ancient Russian frescos
Musicians and acrobats (detail). Found in the collection of Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev

Arriving at the Theatre on a Night of a Masked Ball. Artist: Lucas Villaamil, Eugenio (1858-1919)
Arriving at the Theatre on a Night of a Masked Ball. Found in the collection of Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga

The Village Festival. Artist: Lorrain, Claude (1600-1682)
The Village Festival. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

Peasant Dance, 1630-1635. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
Peasant Dance, 1630-1635. Found in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid

Jesters playing Cochonnet, 1868. Artist: Zamacois y Zabala, Eduardo (1841-1871)
Jesters playing Cochonnet, 1868. Found in the collection of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

In skomorokh dress, 1882. Artist: Vasnetsov, Viktor Mikhaylovich (1848-1926)
In skomorokh dress, 1882. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Harlequin and Death, 1918. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)
Harlequin and Death, 1918. From a private collection

Harlequins, 1913. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)
Harlequins, 1913. Found in the collection of the Regional Art Museum, Gorlovka

Jester of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. Artist: Litovchenko, Alexander Dmitrievich (1835-1890)
Jester of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. Found in the collection of the N. Yaroshenko Art Museum, Kislovodsk

Rendezvous, c. 1918. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)
Rendezvous, c. 1918. From a private collection

Masquerade, 1913-1914. Artist: Grigoriev, Boris Dmitryevich (1886-1939)
Masquerade, 1913-1914. Found in the collection of the Regional Art Museum, Kherson

Jean-Gaspard Deburau as Pierrot, 1845. Artist: Bouquet, Auguste (1810-1846)
Jean-Gaspard Deburau as Pierrot, 1845. From a private collection

The Fool Who Would Please Every Man, 1903, (1912). Artist: Byam Shaw
The Fool Who Would Please Every Man, 1903, (1912). Painting held at Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

King Lear. Act III. Scene IV, 1792. Artist: Luigi Schiavonetti
King Lear. Act III. Scene IV, 1792. After Robert Smirke (1753-1845). From Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, 1795, by John Boydell. [J. & J. Boydell, London, 1795]

The Joker from a deck of Goodall & Son Ltd. playing cards, c1940. [Goodall & Son Ltd. London, c1940]

The April Fool, or The Follies of a Night... 1786
The April Fool, or The Follies of a Night as performed at the Theatre Royal, C---- House, for the benefit of the Widow Wadman, 1786. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

April - Fooling, c1839. Artist: George Cruikshank
April - Fooling, c1839. Illustration from Stubbss Calendar; or, The Fatal Boots by William Makepeace Thackeray, (1839)

Carnival in Rome (Detail), c. 1650. Artist: Lingelbach, Johannes (1622-1674)
Carnival in Rome (Detail), c. 1650. Found in the collection of the Art History Museum, Vienne

Pierrot Content, ca 1712. Artist: Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721)
Pierrot Content, ca 1712. Found in the collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections

Kermis, c. 1600-1605. Artist: Vinckboons, David (1576-1629)
Kermis, c.1600-1605. Found in the collection of the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon

The skomorokhs. Costume design for the opera Prince Igor by A. Borodin, 1914. Artist: Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947)
The skomorokhs. Costume design for the opera Prince Igor by A. Borodin, 1914. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Title page of an edition of Ship of Fools, by Sebastian Brant, 1494. Artist: Albrecht Durer
Title page of an edition of Ship of Fools, by Sebastian Brant, 1494. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

William Sommers, court jester of Henry VIII, (1825)

Tarot card of the Fool, Jergot Tarot, 17th century. A tarot pack of 22 cards was used in fortune telling

French adultery caricature postcard, c1900

We Three!, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
We Three, 1884. The Clown is Lord Randolph Churchill, the leader of a Conservative group known as the Fourth Party. He is sitting in between two Conservative grandees, the Leader in the Upper House

Letter R. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter R

Frontispiece to Clubbes Physiognomy (or the Weighing House), 19th century

Das Narrenschyff, 1495. 1495. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Das Narrenschyff, 1495

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