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Description: | RH "BRVEGEL INVE[N]/T.G.EXCVDIT"; monogram of Heyden: "P AME"; "QVAND LE MERCIER SON DOULX REPOS VEVLT PRENDRE, EN VENTE LES SINGES SES MARCHANDISES VONT TENDRE" CRE HEYDEN, Pieter van de; (Flemish; c.1530-1572) AFTER BRUEGEL, Pieter I; (Flemish; c.1525-1569) PUB GALLE, Theodor; (Flemish; c.1570-1633) Plate originally published by H.Cock in 1562. This is the later state with poem beneath. It is a straightforward humorous image, about the merchant's need for perpetual vigilance. It contains standard features and symbols such as the spectacles, jew's harps, monkeys looking at themselves in a mirror, defecating in his hat, pulling down his trousers etc. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MERCHANT : ALLEGORY : SATIRE : HUMOUR : MONKEYS : SPECTACLES : JEW'S HARP : MIRROR : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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