A boy and a girl facing two fighting dogs. Engraving by C. de Passe, 159-.

  • Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637.
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[between 1590 and 1599]
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643213i
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A boy and a girl facing two fighting dogs. Engraving by C. de Passe, 159-. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced March 2021: A boy and a mentally disabled girl (representing madness) engaged on the mad task of trying to separate fighting dogs. Engraving by C. de Passe, 159-.

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[Place of publication not identified] : Crispian van de Passe inven: et excud, [between 1590 and 1599]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 8.5 x 12.9 cm

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Ut licet iniustam cuivis depellere vim vi; Alterque alterius gladium prorumpere saevum Ut prohibere potest: sic et dementia summa est Stultorum insano sese immiscere duello. Crispian van de Passe inven: et excud: Translation of lettering: As anyone is allowed to repel unjust force with force, and as one person can prevent the savage sword of another from breaking forward, so [yet] it is the highest madness to get oneself mixed up in the mad conflict of the stupid

References note

Ilja M. Veldman, Profit and pleasure: print books by Crispijn de Passe, Rotterdam 2001, pp. 9, 135, 259

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Wellcome Collection 643213i

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