Buffoon Collection

Death holds up his hour-glass to the Canon as he enters a cathedral.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

Anglo-Saxon gleemen performers
Anglo-Saxon harpist and Hoppestere or hopping buffoon (top), 10th century, Anglo-Saxon men dancing to trumpet and horn (middle), 8th century

Music teacher or poet with a woman with comic mask
Scene from a play. A woman with comic mask hands a small volume to another woman in front of a seated music teacher or poet. Vignette of four Bacchic masks with closed mouths of buffoons and dancers

The Prussian Homage, 1882, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893)
Jan Matejko (1838-1893). Polish painter. The Prussian Homage, 1882. National Museum. Krakow. Poland

Portrait of a Dwarf, ca. 1626, by Juan van der Hamen y
Juan van der Hamen y Leon (1596-1631). Portrait of a Dwarf, ca. 1626. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Buffoon don Juan de Austria, ca. 1632, by Diego
Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Spanish painter. The Buffoon don Juan de Austria, ca. 1632. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Buffoon Calabacillas, 1635-1639, by Diego Velazquez
Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Spanish painter. The Buffoon Calabacillas, 1635-1639. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

John Ogle, Gamester
JOHN OGLE gamester and buffoon during the reign of Charles II Date: 1647 - 1685?

Freiherr Von Gundling 2
JAKOB PAUL Freiherr von GUNDLING : German statesman and historian, treated as a drunken buffoon at the court of Friedrich I - hence this depiction of him as a sot. Date: 1673 - 1731

Turkish Archytype smoking a pipe conected to a stove
Caricature Turkish Archytype smoking a pipe connected to a stove Date: circa late 1920s

Portrait of the Buffoon Redbeard, Cristobal de Castaneda by VELAZQUEZ, Diego RodrЧ uez de Silva (1599-1660)

The Jester Don Juan of Austria (buffoon of Philip IVs court) by VELAZQUEZ, Diego RodrЧ uez de Silva (1599-1660)

The Buffoon Calabacillas by VELAZQUEZ, Diego RodrЧ uez de Silva (1599-1660). Mistakenly called The Idiot of Coria

The Mimick & Countryman
THE MIMICK & THE COUNTRYMAN A man imitating the sound of a pig is judged more realistic than an actual pig concealed beneath the cloak of another man

Social / Japan Yoshivara
Scene in the Yoshivara : a passer-by, right, chats up the girls while hiding his face, a masked buffoon hails a young man who is doubtless seeking female companionship

Freiherr Von Gundling 1
JAKOB PAUL Freiherr von GUNDLING : German statesman and historian, treated as a buffoon at the court of Friedrich I - hence this depiction of him as Silenus

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