Identification title(s): foolish knowledge and foolish love seek to control the world. How the world cannot be controlled (series title). Object type: print serial number: 2/4object number: rp-p-bi-6586. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 201, new hollstein dutch 457-1(2) note: heemskerck. Description: an unbridled horse with a globe on its back rears up as soon as knowledge (with a book as an attribute) and love (with three children on her skirts) try to tame her with a rope. The folly of this action is shown by the fool's caps that the personifications wear on their heads. The print is part of a four-part series where the world is presented as an unbridled horse. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: dirck volckertsz. Coornhert (mentioned on object), designed by: maarten van heemskerck (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: haarlem. Dating: 1550. Physical features: etching and engraving. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 196 mm × w 249 mm. Subject: what: breaking to saddle, bridle, etc. ~ wild horses (+ animals used symbolically), horse, charity, 'caritas'; 'carità' (ripa) ~ one of the three theological virtues, fool's cap, symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ science, 'scientia'; 'scienza', 'studio' (ripa), reins. Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1550.
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