JOHANN THEODOR DE BRY. Men collecting dung dropping from the hindquarters of a mule, with a rider sitting backward on the mule and holding its tail aside, surrounded by onlookers spread around a stepped platform, from 'Secular emblems' (Emblemata saecularia)
Men collecting dung dropping from the hindquarters of a mule, with a rider sitting backward on the mule and holding its tail aside, surrounded by onlookers spread around a stepped platform, from 'Secular emblems' (Emblemata saecularia)
Men collecting dung dropping from the hindquarters of a mule, with a rider sitting backward on the mule and holding its tail aside, surrounded by onlookers spread around a stepped platform, from 'Secular emblems' (Emblemata saecularia). Artist: Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561-1623 Bad Schwalbach). Dimensions: plate: 4 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (10.5 x 9.6 cm)
sheet: 4 11/16 x 4 5/16 in. (11.9 x 11 cm). Series/Portfolio: Secular emblems (Emblemata saecularia). Date: 1592-1614.