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Harlequins, 1913 Konstantin Andreyevich Somov

Harlequin and Death, 1907 Konstantin Andreyevich Somov

The skomorokhs. Costume design for the opera Prince Igor by A. Borodin, 1914 Nicholas Roerich

Sarah Bernhardt as Pierrot Giuseppe or Joseph de Nittis

Pierrot, Columbine and Punchinello; Pierrot, Colombine et Polichinelle Alexis Vollon

Circus Performers; Les Artistes de Cirque Jean Louis Forain

Portrait of Kunz von der Rosen, ca. 1515/1518 Daniel Hopfer

Harlequin and Death, 1918 Konstantin Andreyevich Somov

A dinner party Anonymous

The Parable of the Prodigal Son Attributed to the Master of the Female Half-Lengths Anonymous

An Allegory of Contemporary Events Henry Barnabus Bright

The Festival of Fools, after 1570 Pieter van der Heyden

The Ill-matched Lovers Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Rendezvous, c. 1918 Konstantin Andreyevich Somov

We Three! Joseph Swain

Elegante et Pierrot, 1918 Gerda Marie Frederike Wegener

Wedding of Prince-Pope to celebrate the Peace Treaty of Nystad on 20 August 1721, 1872 Lavrenty Avksentyevich Seryakov

How to Cut Off One's Head, and To Lay it on a Platter, 1584 English School

Athletes and Animals Montagu Blatchford

Woman and three men Claes Jansz. Visscher II

Each believes his owl to be a falcon Franco Estius

Illustration from the book Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494. Albrecht Dürer

Title page of an edition of Ship of Fools, by Sebastian Brant, 1494. Albrecht Dürer

The Song of the skomorokhs, 1910 Pyotr Ivanovich Subbotin

Paris Joseph Swain