Cantat Simia

BRY, Johann Theodor de (Strasbourg, 1561 - Frankfurt, 1623).

Cantat Simia.

Engraving, 1596

105x82 mm.

Inscription: "ASPICE UT INGENTES SUSPENDAT SIMIA RUGAS".

Numbered in lower left: "3".

Paper with watermark.

Bibliography:

Hollstein Dutch 240-287

Lettered at upper left: Cantat Simia".

Lettered on the mirror frame: "LASS MICH MEINE KROS (kraag) TRAGEN, DARNACH THU NIT FRAGEN, IST DOCH NUR AFFENSPIEL".

Inscription translation: "ASPICE UT INGENTES SUSPENDAT SIMIA RUGAS": See how this monkey hides his deep wrinkles.

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