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Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish
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Title: 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)
Series/Portfolio: Secular emblems (Emblemata saecularia)
Artist:
Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach)
Date: 1592–1614
Medium: Engraving
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)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Object Number: 2012.136.658
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