Tempus flendi et tempus ridendi

Bergler, Joseph, the younger (1753-1829)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1807
Height:
20.5 cm  (8 1/16 in.)
Width:
28.5 cm  (11 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
etching

    Item location

  • Biblioteka Narodowa (Warszawa)
    [Museum inv. no.: G.9326]

Description

Allegorical scene with Biblical quotes visible: "Perversi difficile corriguntur, et stultorum infinitus est numerus" (The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite) and "Tempus flendi, et tempus ridendi" (A time for crying and a time for laughing).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Tambourine [2746]
Shawm [4258]

RIdIM images


Biblioteka Narodowa (Warszawa)

Image URLs

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Biblioteka Narodowa (Warszawa)

RIdIM record id

286