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Portrait of Jacob Ries
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Jacob Ries (1660–1751) of Prague first worked as a badchan (jester) for weddings. In 1710, he became court jester in Vienna under Charles VI. The artist of this portrait of Ries is not known. It…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1710

Subjects:

Portrait, Class, Monarchy, Profession, Humor

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Drawing of a man of short stature with long wavy hair and a hat, holding a cane in right hand with left hand on hip, with figures in background and Hebrew and German writing above and below picture.
The Joke
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The body of a weary man is primed like an ambulance Adrenaline charges through his hot blood. I will go mad if we don’t end this now. Bizarre how a man so blind with bits of coal Can strike so…

Contributor:

David Avidan

Places:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Date:

1950

Subjects:

Death, Mourning, Humor, Class

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Humor & Satire