Der Pfältzisch Patient [graphic].

[Germany?] : [s.n.], getruckt im Iahr 1621.

1 print : etching ; platemark 191 x 140 mm, on sheet 275 x 333 mm

paper

A lion resting his head in one front paw and his other front paw on a cane is seated at a table. He wears a bandage on his head and a stag pendant around his neck. He is beset by a cloud of flies. There are three monkeys gathered around him, one of which is standing on the table and holding a spider to his neck. A rabbit sits under the table. A fox is holding up a vial which has a small horned and winged creature inside, and writing something. On the table are various bottles and containers. On the floor before the table is a crown, a broken scepter and sword, and two documents with seals.

On laid paper with watermark.
Two columns of German verse printed in letterpress on either side of image.
Lampoon relating how a sick lion (i.e., Frederick V) whose urine sample reveals the presence of a devil, is plagued by Spanish flies.--From Paas.

Paas, J.R. The German political broadsheet, 1600-1700, vol. 3, p. 346, no. P-794

Germany.

ART 233- 313.6 (size M)

Mended along left side of sheet.

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