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The image depicts a person in a jester's outfit standing on a raised platform. The individual is pouring liquid from a pitcher into a container. The jester has medium-toned skin and wears a jester's hat with three pointed ends and bells. The attire is decorated with additional bells. The background is a plain, textured surface.
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The image depicts a person in a jester's outfit standing on a raised platform. The individual is pouring liquid from a pitcher into a container. The jester has medium-toned skin and wears a jester's hat with three pointed ends and bells. The attire is decorated with additional bells. The background is a plain, textured surface.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

"Do Not Put Food in a Chamber Pot" [fol. 24 recto]

French early 16th Century

Date
c. 1512/1515
Medium
pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2006.11.48
Credit line
Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Speculum principis (Mirror for Princes)

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Costume
  • Vase
  • Rock
  • Drink
  • Man
Provenance

(Sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1937, lot 64); (sale, London, Sotheby's, 15-17 November 1937, lot 546); (sale, London, Maggs Bros., Ltd., catalogue 709, 1941, no. 30); (purchased by William H. Schab Gallery via Paul Graupe); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, by 1973; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Watermarks

Briquet 13542 (cut off)

NGA object ID 86051. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.