Jester (page 4)

Of the ende of worldly honour and power and of folys that trust therein (after) German School

Baby's Dream Richard Doyle

An Allegory of Folly Quentin Massys or Matsys

India Orientalis, 1598 Theodor de Bry

Of them that ar alway borowynge (after) German School

Of enuyous folys (after) German School

Portrait of Bernardino Ricci, 1637 Stefano della Bella

Actors from the Commedia dell'Arte Jan Baptist Lambrechts

Staunch Friends, 1859 William Frederick Yeames

Mannikin in the Snow, c.1891-93 John Singer Sargent

The Carnival Procession Adrien Moreau

A Masked Joker, 1668 Caspar Netscher

The Betley Window. Staffordshire, England, c.1621 Unknown

Frieze with putti and coat of arms Monogrammist CB with tree

Proposed Regulations in Hygeiopolis RE Wallace

Salome, Enter Herodias Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

Of hym that is jelous ouer his wyfe and watcheth hir wayes without cause, or euydent tokyn of hir myslyuynge (after) German School

Of them that wyllynge and knowyngly put them self in ieopardy and peryll (after) German School

Peeckelhaering, 1640-43 Frans Hals

Masquerade, 1913-1914 Boris Dmitryevich Grigoriev

As You Like It James Watts

The Actors of the Commedia dell'Arte Nicolas Lancret

A Troop of Actors Performing Before a Crowd Matthys Naiveu

Of folys without prouysyon (after) German School

Fools Head, c. 1560 Anonymous

Commedia dell'Arte: Italian and French Comedians Playing in Farces Anonymous

Portrait of the Buffoon 'Redbeard', Cristobal de Castaneda, c.1636 Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez

Natural Fools (The Triumphal Procession of the Emperor Maximilian I), ca 1515 Hans Burgkmair the Elder

For What Was I Created?, 1886 William Holbrook Beard

Series 'Actualites', The new Neapolitan Buffoon, plate 229 Honore Daumier

Arriving at the Theatre on a Night of a Masked Ball Eugenio Lucas Villaamil

Of lepynges and dauncis and folys that pas theyr tyme in suche vanyte (after) German School

The Trial of Queen Katherine, c.1880 Laslett John Pott

Pierrot Content, ca 1712 Jean Antoine Watteau

Ornament with Morris Dancers, c.1490-1500 Israhel van the younger Meckenem

Illustration from Puss in Boots Anonymous