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Insanity


Insanity, Madness



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The god Attis,companion of the Goddess Cybele.In an orgiastic frenzy,Attis is said to have emasculated himself. Bronze statuette from Saloniki, H: 33 cm Br 493 Br 493
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The god Attis,companion of the Goddess Cybele.In an orgiastic frenzy,Attis i...

The madness of Lykurgos and Dionysos. Monumental southern Italian Greek vase (330 BCE) from Canossa in Apulia, Italy.
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The madness of Lykurgos and Dionysos. Monumental southern Ital...

Colossal bust of Attis,Phrygian god and companion of Cybele,who,in an orgiastic frenzy,is said to have emasculated himself. Imperial Rome. Ludovisi Collection, Cat,239
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Colossal bust of Attis,Phrygian god and companion of Cybele,who,in an orgiast...

Satire on the waltz-madness of the Viennese:"The great gallop"1839. Coloured engraving,supplement to the "Wiener Allgemeine Theaterzeitung"newspaper,June 27,1839.22,5 x 28,5 cm a
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Satire on the waltz-madness of the Viennese:"The great gallop"1839....

The Vienna General Hospital and the "Narrenturm", the "Fools' Tower". It was built by Emperor Joseph II and was the first modern hospital in Europe. Coloured engraving by Josef Schaffer, 1787. In. 18966
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The Vienna General Hospital and the "Narrenturm", the "Fools' Tower". It was b...

Study of Humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1536) in his house in Anderlecht, where he wrote his famous philosophical satyre "In Praise of Folly".
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Study of Humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1536) in his house in Anderlec...

Juana la Loca. Canvas, 340 x 500cm. The scene shows a moment when the princess' entourage takes a break during the long march to transfer the body of her deceased husband, the Archiduke Philip "the Fair" from Burgos to Granada.
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Juana la Loca. Canvas, 340 x 500cm. The scene shows a moment when the prince...

"Les Bronzes de la Couronne" comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and presented to Louis XIVth. Attis,companion of the Goddess Cybele,who,in a fit of orgiastic frenzy,is said to have emasculated himself. H:44,5 cm.Head added in the 17th.Royal inventory No.64
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"Les Bronzes de la Couronne" comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and...

Operating the fool's stone. Oil on canvas
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Operating the fool's stone. Oil on canvas

The cure for folly. A satire on medieval charlatans and quack doctors who claimed to cure madness by extracting a stone from the person's forehead. Wood, 48 x 35 cm Inv. 256
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The cure for folly. A satire on medieval charlatans and quack doctors who claime...

The cure for folly. A satire on medieval charlatans and quack doctors who claimed to cure madness by extracting a stone from the person's forehead. Detail of 40-05-04/1 Inv. 256
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The cure for folly. A satire on medieval charlatans and quack doctors who claime...

Ophelia 1851-2 Shakespeare's character Ophelia, driven insane by the murder of her father by her lover Hamlet, is portrayed singing in her madness as she drowns. Canvas; 762 x 1118 mm N01506
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Ophelia 1851-2 Shakespeare's character Ophelia, driven insane by the murder o...