Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

BRY, Johann Theodor de (Strasbourg, 1561 - Frankfurt, 1623).
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Engraving, 1596
105x86 mm.
Inscription: "TENDIM. HOS LAQUEUS PRO NUTU, ET SOLIM. ILLOS".
Numbered in lower left: "31".
Paper with watermark.
 

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Bibliography:
Hollstein Dutch 240-287
La Nave de los locos 2022, p. 268
El poder de las mujeres 2023, 50

Inscription translation: "TENDIM. HOS LAQUEUS PRO NUTU. ET SOLIM. ILLOS": We extended our these traps so that they fell into them and we made them free.

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