Netherlandish Printers' Devices Northern & Southern Netherlands · 15th–17th century
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'Ebrietas', (lack of) Secrecy and 'Infamia': a naked man with a wreath around his head, sitting on a cask of wine with a leaking faucet and drinking a glass of wine; in the corners the faces of two men are incorporated in an ornament; a jug on the floor; a landscape setting

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'Ebrietas', (lack of) Secrecy and 'Infamia': a naked man with a wreath around his head, sitting on a cask of wine with a leaking faucet and drinking a glass of wine; in the corners the faces of two men are incorporated in an ornament; a jug on the floor; a landscape setting

Ebrietas ubi adest, ibi secretum non est. (LA)

Iconclass notations

25H114 low hill country
31A2211(+81) face (+ male human being (not to be used where -A- is prescribed))
31D14(+89) adult man (+ nude human being)
41A3913(+0) tap, faucet (+ variant)
41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask
41C12 drinking
41C323 glass, rummer
41C326 jar, jug (used as drinking-vessel)
41C711 wine ~ alcoholic drinks
43A4(+12) public festivities (+ wreath, garland ~ festive activities)
48A98211 mask, mascaron ~ ornament
52D4(+3) Prolixity, Verbosity, Loquacity; 'Loquacità' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept)
59BB31(+3) Disgrace; 'Infamia', 'Scorno' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept)
92L194 Ebrietas (Methe)
86(EBRIETAS UBI ADEST, IBI SECRETUM NON EST.) proverbs, sayings, etc. (EBRIETAS UBI ADEST, IBI SECRETUM NON EST.)
86(EBRIETAS TIBI FIDA COMES, TIBI LUXUS, & ATRIS. CIRCA TE SEMPER VOLITANS INFAMIA PENNIS.) proverbs, sayings, etc. (EBRIETAS TIBI FIDA COMES, TIBI LUXUS, & ATRIS. CIRCA TE SEMPER VOLITANS INFAMIA PENNIS.)