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Bruno Gorlato A.R.E.
Born Padua 1940. Died Padua April 2021
La Barca dei Folli
La Barca dei Folli
The Ship of Fools
224 x 1179 mm
Original etching with aquatint, 2015.
Artist’s proof, signed in pencil, dated and entitled.
With the artist’s blindstamp.
On Fabriano wove paper.
£175
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Additional
Information about the Print
Originating with Plato (Republic Book VI) the satirical allegory of the ship of fools was a popular theme in the late 15th/16th centuries. The frontispiece woodcut to Sebastian Brant’s book of that title was the inspiration behind Hieronymus Bosch ‘s painting The Ship of Fools.
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