Round here it’s all Kippers and Curtains

BRY, Johann Theodor de (Strasbourg, 1561 - Frankfurt, 1623), after Nicolaas Braeu and Karel van Mander.

Round here it’s all Kippers and Curtains.

Engraving, 1596

108x85 mm.

Inscription: "QUO MAGE FUMOSOS FOCUS EST, MIN IGNE CORUSCAT".

Numbered in lower rigth: "26".

Paper with watermark.

Bibliography:

Hollstein Dutch 240-287

Inscription translation: "QUO MAGE FUMOSOS FOCUS EST, MIN IGNE CORUSCAT": the more the fireplace smokes, the less it shines with its fire.

Illustration to "Emblemata Saecularia" (Frankfurt, 1596).