Emblematic Print Designs

A series of intricate emblematic prints, depicting allegorical scenes and biblical narratives with ornate cartouche designs.

The Dwarf Amazoon Struik -Rooveres, 1720, 1716 - 1720 The Bavarian dwarf amazoon reaveres, in one hand a chopping knife and a basket with eggs, with the other she makes an obscene gesture. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered right in the middle: 42. Print within a decorative frame pressed from a separate plate with dwarfs. Part of part II in the second Dutch -bound edition from 1720 (and related to the wind trade in that year) of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as the dwarf toneel, partly copied to an older German example. print maker: Northern Netherlandsprint maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching The Bavarian dwarf amazoon reaveres, in one hand a chopping knife and a basket with eggs, with the other she makes an obscene gesture. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered right in the middle: 42. Print within a decorative frame pressed from a separate plate with dwarfs. Part of part II in the second Dutch -bou
The Dwarf Amazoon Struik -Rooveres, 1720, 1716 - 1720 The Bavarian dwarf amazoon reaveres, in one hand a chopping knife and a basket with eggs, with the other she makes an obscene gesture. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered right in the middle: 42. Print within a decorative frame pressed from a separate plate with dwarfs. Part of part II in the second Dutch -bound edition from 1720 (and related to the wind trade in that year) of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as the dwarf toneel, partly copied to an older German example. print maker: Northern Netherlandsprint maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching The Bavarian dwarf amazoon reaveres, in one hand a chopping knife and a basket with eggs, with the other she makes an obscene gesture. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered right in the middle: 42. Print within a decorative frame pressed from a separate plate with dwarfs. Part of part II in the second Dutch -bou