Grotesque Collection (page 7)

Caricature (oil on canvas)
PWI83726 Caricature (oil on canvas) by Passarotti (16th/17th century); 54x71 cm; Private Collection; © Peter Willi

The Beast of Gevaudan Attacking a Young Girl (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR169158 The Beast of Gevaudan Attacking a Young Girl (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Two roosters fighting in a barn yard below an eagle. 1811 (etching)
7235827 Two roosters fighting in a barn yard below an eagle. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: Two roosters fighting in a barn yard while an eagle hovers above)

DDE-90038654
Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) Bull on Sea Lion Island, south of mainland, east Falkland Island, Falkland Islands. Date: 18/06/2010

A CHECK TO CORSICAN ASSURANCE, 1805 (engraving)
7262207 A CHECK TO CORSICAN ASSURANCE, 1805 (engraving) by Williams, C. (19th century); Bromley Museum, Orpington, UK; (add.info.: A CHECK TO CORSICAN ASSURANCE)

THE JOURNEY OF A MODERN HERO TO THE ISLAND OF ELBA, c. 1814 (engraving)
7262206 THE JOURNEY OF A MODERN HERO TO THE ISLAND OF ELBA, c. 1814 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Bromley Museum, Orpington

I SHOT THIS IN MOSCOW, 1813 (engraving)
7262228 I SHOT THIS IN MOSCOW, 1813 (engraving) by Dutch School, (19th century); Bromley Museum, Orpington, UK; (add.info.: DEZE BOK HEB IK GESCHOTEN TE MOSCOU Dutch print by Esfer)

Napoleon gallops on Ambition, a horse with wings on its feet over the globe, 1814 (engraving)
7262245 Napoleon gallops on Ambition, a horse with wings on its feet over the globe, 1814 (engraving) by Heath, William (1795-1840); Bromley Museum, Orpington

BONEY AND HIS NEW WIFE or a Quarrel about-Nothing!! 1810 (engraving)
7262213 BONEY AND HIS NEW WIFE or a Quarrel about-Nothing!! 1810 (engraving) by Tegg, Thomas (1776-1845); Bromley Museum, Orpington, UK; (add.info.: BONEY AND HIS NEW WIFE or a Quarrel about-Nothing!)

THE RIVAL ACCOUCHEURS OR WHO SHALL DELIVER EUROPE 1800 (engraving)
7262194 THE RIVAL ACCOUCHEURS OR WHO SHALL DELIVER EUROPE 1800 (engraving) by Cruikshank, Isaac (1756-1811); Bromley Museum, Orpington

Georgian artist with conoisseurs in his studio. 1831 (engraving)
7234819 Georgian artist with conoisseurs in his studio. 1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Two English gentlemen on horseback diving into a river. 1831 (engraving)
7234794 Two English gentlemen on horseback diving into a river. 1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Temptation of St. Anthony, c. 1530 (oil on wood)
BAL351663 The Temptation of St. Anthony, c.1530 (oil on wood) by Savoldo, Giovanni Girolamo (c.1480-p.1548); Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia

Georgian art lovers at an exhibition at the Royal Academy. 1831 (engraving)
7234813 Georgian art lovers at an exhibition at the Royal Academy. 1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Three Georgian quack doctors discussing a medical case. 1831 (engraving)
7234781 Three Georgian quack doctors discussing a medical case.1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Piccolomini Library, the vault, north-west wall: the segment over the left window
6435864 The Piccolomini Library, the vault, north-west wall: the segment over the left window, frescoes attributed to Girolamo del Pacchia

Adam and Eve, detail of 3660848, 1514 (fresco)
3660840 Adam and Eve, detail of 3660848, 1514 (fresco) by Araldi, Alessandro, (c.1460-1528/29); Camera di San Paolo, Convento di San Paolo, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Parma)

Adam and Eve, detail of 3660848, 1514 (fresco)
3660839 Adam and Eve, detail of 3660848, 1514 (fresco) by Araldi, Alessandro, (c.1460-1528/29); Camera di San Paolo, Convento di San Paolo, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Parma)

Sala Baglione or Hall of Grotesque, Rocca Meli Lupi, Soragna, Parma, Italy
2384743 Sala Baglione or Hall of Grotesque, Rocca Meli Lupi, Soragna, Parma, Italy by Baglione, Cesare (c.1550-1615); Rocca Meli Lupi, Soragna, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma, Soragna)

Hieronymus Jobs enseignant. Extrait de la serie la Jobsiade. (H. Jobs teaching. From the serie Jobsiada)
FIA5377032 Hieronymus Jobs enseignant. Extrait de la serie la Jobsiade. (H.Jobs teaching. From the serie Jobsiada). La Jobsiade ou Vie du candidat en theologie M

Detail of a Wayang Beber scroll (w / c on paper)
LIT389297 Detail of a Wayang Beber scroll (w/c on paper) by Indonesian; Private Collection; (add.info.: scrolls were unfolded in front of the audience and a dalang, or puppeter story teller)

A fishwife selling shellfish on a Kent beach. 1831 (engraving)
7234804 A fishwife selling shellfish on a Kent beach. 1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A fishwife selling shellfish on a Kent beach)

A milkmaid rejects a rustic admirer at the village pump. 1831 (engraving)
7234793 A milkmaid rejects a rustic admirer at the village pump.1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scenes of the Old and New Testament, decorations with grotesques and putti playing musical instruments, 1514 (fresco)
3660848 Scenes of the Old and New Testament, decorations with grotesques and putti playing musical instruments, 1514 (fresco) by Araldi, Alessandro, (c.1460-1528/29); Camera di San Paolo

Putti playing musical instruments, detail of 3660848, 1514 (fresco)
3660846 Putti playing musical instruments, detail of 3660848, 1514 (fresco) by Araldi, Alessandro, (c.1460-1528/29); Camera di San Paolo, Convento di San Paolo, Parma, Emilia-Romagna

Scenes of the Old and New Testament, detail, 1514 (fresco)
3660843 Scenes of the Old and New Testament, detail, 1514 (fresco) by Araldi, Alessandro, (c.1460-1528/29); Camera di San Paolo, Convento di San Paolo, Parma, Emilia-Romagna

Scenes of the Old and New Testament, detail, 1514 (fresco)
3660842 Scenes of the Old and New Testament, detail, 1514 (fresco) by Araldi, Alessandro, (c.1460-1528/29); Camera di San Paolo, Convento di San Paolo, Parma, Emilia-Romagna

A sailor brings a lame horse into court as evidence, Napoleonic, 1835 (lithograph)
7235381 A sailor brings a lame horse into court as evidence, Napoleonic, 1835 (lithograph) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Piccolomini Library, the vault: spandrel above the south-east wall between the fifth and sixth story
6435857 The Piccolomini Library, the vault: spandrel above the south-east wall between the fifth and sixth story, frescoes attributed to Girolamo del Pacchia

The Piccolomini Library, the vault: spandrel above the north-west wall, frescoes attributed to Girolamo del Pacchia
6435848 The Piccolomini Library, the vault: spandrel above the north-west wall, frescoes attributed to Girolamo del Pacchia, Giacomo Pacchiarotto and Littifredi Corbizi by Pinturicchio

Sala Baglione or Hall of Grotesque, Rocca Meli Lupi, Soragna, Parma, Italy, detail of 2384743
2384745 Sala Baglione or Hall of Grotesque, Rocca Meli Lupi, Soragna, Parma, Italy, detail of 2384743 by Baglione, Cesare (c.1550-1615); Rocca Meli Lupi, Soragna, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma)

Grotesquerie of two fashionably dressed men singing (black & red chalks on white paper)
CTS366772 Grotesquerie of two fashionably dressed men singing (black & red chalks on white paper) by Procaccini, Camillo (c.1560-1629); 24.6x32.2 cm; The Devonshire Collections

A rich widow besieged by suitors. 1831 (engraving)
7234800 A rich widow besieged by suitors.1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A rich beauty besieged by suitors after the death of her husband)

A rich gourmet feasting at home in Georgian England. 1831 (engraving)
7234789 A rich gourmet feasting at home in Georgian England. 1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Piccolomini Library, the vault, south-east wall: the segment over the sixth story
6435870 The Piccolomini Library, the vault, south-east wall: the segment over the sixth story, frescoes attributed to Girolamo del Pacchia

The Piccolomini Library, the vault, north-east wall: the segment over the second story
6435867 The Piccolomini Library, the vault, north-east wall: the segment over the second story, frescoes attributed to Girolamo del Pacchia

The Piccolomini Library, the vault: spandrel above the south - west wall between the ninth and the tenth story
6435863 The Piccolomini Library, the vault: spandrel above the south - west wall between the ninth and the tenth story, frescoes attributed to Girolamo del Pacchia

The Piccolomini Library, the vault: spandrel above the north-east wall between the second and the third story
6435853 The Piccolomini Library, the vault: spandrel above the north-east wall between the second and the third story, frescoes attributed to Girolamo del Pacchia

First page of De vita libri tres by Marsilio Ficino (pen & ink, tempera and gold on vellum)
3552368 First page of De vita libri tres by Marsilio Ficino (pen & ink, tempera and gold on vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence

MS Hunter 229 f. 22r from the Hunterian Psalter, c. 1170 (pen & ink, and tempera on vellum)
5675698 MS Hunter 229 f.22r from the Hunterian Psalter, c.1170 (pen & ink, and tempera on vellum) by English School, (12th century); 29.2x19.1 cm; Glasgow University Library

La Fontaines Fables - The Wooden Idol
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Wooden Idol

La Fontaines Fables - Gout and the Spider
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Gout and the Spider

Don Quixote and the Knight of the Wood
Vintage engraving from Don Quixote illustrated by Gustave Dore. Man in the strange mask from Chapter XIV

L Orgie, c. 1894 (litho)
2630778 L Orgie, c.1894 (litho) by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872 - 1898) was an English illustrator and author

La Nuit, 1894 (litho)
2630770 La Nuit, 1894 (litho) by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872 - 1898) was an English illustrator and author

Erotiques de Beardsley, c. 1894 (litho)
2630779 Erotiques de Beardsley, c.1894 (litho) by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872 - 1898) was an English illustrator and author

Comment Tristan but le Philtre d amour, c. 1894 (litho)
2630777 Comment Tristan but le Philtre d amour, c.1894 (litho) by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-98); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Exploring the Grotesque: A Journey through Art, History, and Curiosities" Step into a world where reality blends with the bizarre as we delve into the realm of grotesque. From political scandals to religious symbolism, this captivating collection of hints takes us on an intriguing journey. Cartoons featuring William Marcy Boss Tweed, James Ingersoll, and George Miller transport us back to a time when corruption ran rampant. These satirical illustrations shed light on the dark underbelly of power. In "The Lawyers Office, " painted by Marinus Claesz van Reymerswaele in 1545, we witness a scene that challenges our perception of justice. The twisted figures and eerie atmosphere leave us questioning what truly lies behind closed doors. Religion intertwines with Egypt's ancient history in depictions of Bes. This deity's peculiar appearance reflects both protection and malevolence—a fascinating blend of beauty and monstrosity. David Garrick alongside William Burton and John Palmer brings Ben Jonson's play "The Alchemist" to life. Their exaggerated expressions highlight the absurdity within human nature—an exploration of greed that borders on grotesque comedy. "The Knight, Death, and the Devil, " an etching from 1513 by an unknown artist, presents a haunting visual narrative. As death looms over a steadfast knight riding through treacherous terrain, we confront mortality's chilling presence. Shrunken heads offer macabre fascination—objects both repulsive yet strangely captivating. They serve as reminders of ancient rituals or gruesome trophies from distant lands—a glimpse into humanity's darker side. Joining these curiosities are "Deathly Diners, " where food becomes sinister in its allure—temptation leading to decay rather than nourishment. Pieter Brueghel’s depiction captures Lent’s struggle against indulgence during Shrovetide—a battle between virtue and excess personified in grotesque imagery.