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  1. Man forces a dog/fox’s nose down onto a grindstone
    Man forces a dog/fox’s nose down onto a grindstone Unknown c. 1299
  2. Man with auger drilling head of bearded man
    Man with auger drilling head of bearded man Unknown before 1381
  3. Infernal scene with anvil and monsters
    Infernal scene with anvil and monsters Attributed to Jheronimus Bosch c. 1480–c. 1525
  4. Nature forging a baby
    Nature forging a baby Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 c. 1490–c. 1500
  5. The grinding of the fool
    The grinding of the fool Albrecht Dürer 1494
  6. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Unknown c. 1500–c. 1550
  7. Stones of madness
    Stones of madness Unknown c. 1500–c. 1550
  8. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness After Jheronimus Bosch after 1501
  9. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Jheronimus Bosch c. 1501–c. 1505
  10. Appeal to fools
    Appeal to fools Matthias Hupfuff (printer) 1512
  11. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Unknown 1513–1599
  12. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Unknown 1513–1599
  13. The mill of fools
    The mill of fools Hieronymus Andreae 1520–1556
  14. The Divine mill
    The Divine mill Hans Füssili (?) · Christoph Froschauer (printer) 1521
  15. Fool's platter
    Fool's platter Circle of Jörg Breu the Elder 1528
  16. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Unknown 1539–1645
  17. The rejuvenation furnace for women
    The rejuvenation furnace for women Anthony Corthoys the Elder 1543–1552
  18. The rejuvenation furnace for women
    The rejuvenation furnace for women Anthony Corthoys the Elder 1543–1552
  19. The rejuvenation furnace for men
    The rejuvenation furnace for men Anthony Corthoys the Elder 1543–1552
  20. A new, amusing and delightful play: How old women are forged young
    A new, amusing and delightful play: How old women are forged young Unknown c. 1546
  21. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Manner of Jheronimus Bosch c. 1550
  22. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Manner of Jheronimus Bosch c. 1550
  23. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Manner of Jan Sanders van Hemessen after 1550
  24. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Manner of Jheronimus Bosch after 1550
  25. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Jan Sanders van Hemessen 1550–1555
  26. The mocking of human follies
    The mocking of human follies Attributed to Frans Verbeeck c. 1550–c. 1570
  27. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Manner of Jheronimus Bosch c. 1550–c. 1570
  28. The mocking of human follies
    The mocking of human follies Attributed to atelier of Frans Verbeeck c. 1550–c. 1575
  29. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Manner of Jheronimus Bosch c. 1550–c. 1599
  30. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Follower of Jheronimus Bosch c. 1550–c. 1600
  31. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Manner of Jheronimus Bosch c. 1550–c. 1600
  32. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Unknown 1551–1599
  33. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Manner of Jheronimus Bosch c. 1551–c. 1600
  34. Fool held to grindstone by fellow fools
    Fool held to grindstone by fellow fools Jacob Gessner 1555
  35. The stone operation
    The stone operation Manner of Pieter Bruegel after 1556
  36. The stone operation
    The stone operation Circle of Maerten van Cleve · Manner of Pieter Bruegel after 1556
  37. The stone operation
    The stone operation Manner of Pieter Bruegel 1557
  38. The grinding of the fool
    The grinding of the fool Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert · Hieronymus Cock (printer) 1557
  39. The cage of fools
    The cage of fools Sebastiano di Re 1557–1563
  40. Appeal to fools
    Appeal to fools J. Knobloch (printer) 1558
  41. Master Snottolf's stone operation
    Master Snottolf's stone operation After Pieter Bruegel after 1559
  42. Master Snottolf's stone operation
    Master Snottolf's stone operation After Pieter Bruegel after 1559
  43. Master Snottolf's stone operation
    Master Snottolf's stone operation Pieter van der Heyden · After Pieter Bruegel · Hieronymus Cock (printer) 1559
  44. Master Snottolf's stone operation
    Master Snottolf's stone operation Pieter van der Heyden · After Pieter Bruegel · Hieronymus Cock (printer) 1559
  45. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Attributed to Pieter Huys 1548 or 1561
  46. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Attributed to Pieter Huys c. 1561
  47. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Unknown 1561–1599
  48. The mill of priests
    The mill of priests Hans Jakob Kilchsperger 1566
  49. Mill of fools
    Mill of fools Balthasar Jenichen · Johann Bussemacher (printer) 1569
  50. The stone operation
    The stone operation Manner of Pieter Bruegel after 1570
  51. Shaving the fool's head
    Shaving the fool's head Unknown after 1570
  52. The stone operation
    The stone operation Manner of Pieter Bruegel after 1570
  53. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1570–c. 1580
  54. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1570–c. 1580
  55. The extraction of fools
    The extraction of fools Possibly Heinrich Wirich 1570–1590
  56. The mill of priests
    The mill of priests Unknown c. 1575
  57. The stone operation
    The stone operation Manner of Pieter Bruegel c. 1575–c. 1599
  58. The extraction of fools
    The extraction of fools Possibly Heinrich Wirich 1575–1600
  59. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1575–c. 1624
  60. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1575–c. 1624
  61. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1575–c. 1624
  62. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1575–c. 1624
  63. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1575–c. 1624
  64. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1575–c. 1624
  65. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1575–c. 1624
  66. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1575–c. 1624
  67. The extraction of fools
    The extraction of fools Unknown 1576–1625
  68. The grotesque mill of Roman devotion
    The grotesque mill of Roman devotion Tobias Stimmer · Bernhard Jobin (printer) 1577
  69. A freshman being worked on with a grindstone
    A freshman being worked on with a grindstone Unknown 1578
  70. A freshman being worked on with an axe
    A freshman being worked on with an axe Unknown 1578
  71. A freshman being worked on with a plane
    A freshman being worked on with a plane Unknown 1578
  72. Master Blaeskake's stone operation
    Master Blaeskake's stone operation After Maerten de Vos · Jan Baptiste Vrients (printer) 1580–1589
  73. Master Blaeskake's stone operation
    Master Blaeskake's stone operation After Maerten de Vos · Jan Baptiste Vrients (printer) 1580–1589
  74. Master Blaeskake's stone operation
    Master Blaeskake's stone operation Maerten de Vos 1580–1589
  75. The mill of fools
    The mill of fools Balthasar Jenichen · Johann Bussemacher (printer) c. 1580–c. 1600
  76. Old wives mill
    Old wives mill Unknown c. 1580–c. 1600
  77. The mill for grinding old men young
    The mill for grinding old men young Marc Anthoni Hannas (printer) c. 1580–c. 1630
  78. Old wives mill
    Old wives mill Marc Anthoni Hannas (printer) c. 1580–c. 1630
  79. The stone operation
    The stone operation Unknown c. 1583
  80. The stone operation
    The stone operation After Nicolaes Weydtmans after 1585
  81. The stone operation
    The stone operation Nicolaes Weydtmans 1585–1642
  82. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads After print by Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of) · After drawing by Karel van Mander 1590–1594
  83. The tongue grinders
    The tongue grinders After print by Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of) · After drawing by Karel van Mander · Text by Franco Estius 1590–1594
  84. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Unknown c. 1590–1640
  85. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads Jean Bollard (print maker) · After print by Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of) · After drawing by Karel van Mander 1592–1689
  86. The rejuvenation furnace for women
    The rejuvenation furnace for women Buryam Walda 1594
  87. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads After print by Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of) · After drawing by Karel van Mander after 1594
  88. The tongue grinders
    The tongue grinders After print by Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of) · After drawing by Karel van Mander · Text by Franco Estius after 1594
  89. Old wives mill
    Old wives mill Tycho Lange [...] 1595
  90. Oestrum
    Oestrum Johann Theodor de Bry · After Maerten de Vos 1596
  91. Physician of Fools
    Physician of Fools Johann Theodor de Bry · After anonymous 1596
  92. Physician of fools
    Physician of fools After Johann Theodor de Bry after 1596
  93. A collector's cabinet
    A collector's cabinet David Teniers 1597–1649
  94. The doctor curing fantasies, and also purging folly with drugs
    The doctor curing fantasies, and also purging folly with drugs Unknown after 1600
  95. The doctor curing fantasies, and also purging folly with drugs
    The doctor curing fantasies, and also purging folly with drugs Matthäus Greuter c. 1600
  96. The pregnant peasant
    The pregnant peasant After Johann Theodor de Bry c. 1600
  97. The pride of women
    The pride of women Maerten de Vos c. 1600
  98. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Unknown c. 1600
  99. Doctor Wurmbrandt, known throughout the land
    Doctor Wurmbrandt, known throughout the land Matthäus Greuter (?) c. 1600
  100. The doctor curing fantasies, and also purging folly with drugs
    The doctor curing fantasies, and also purging folly with drugs Matthäus Greuter c. 1600
  101. Inkstand with a madman distilling his brains
    Inkstand with a madman distilling his brains Unknown c. 1600
  102. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1600–c. 1620
  103. The stone operation
    The stone operation Manner of Pieter Bruegel c. 1600–c. 1625
  104. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1600–c. 1630
  105. The doctor curing fantasies, and also purging folly with drugs
    The doctor curing fantasies, and also purging folly with drugs - c. 1600–c. 1699
  106. Master Blaeskake's stone operation
    Master Blaeskake's stone operation After Maerten de Vos 1600–1699
  107. The doctor of Calabria
    The doctor of Calabria Manner of Johann Theodor de Bry c. 1600–c. 1699
  108. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Unknown 1600–1699
  109. A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed
    A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed Boulonnois · After anonymous · Lagniet (printer) 1600–1699
  110. The pregnant peasant
    The pregnant peasant Manner of Johann Theodor de Bry c. 1600–c. 1699
  111. Master Snottolf's stone operation
    Master Snottolf's stone operation Pieter van der Heyden · After Pieter Bruegel · Theodoor Galle (printer) in or after 1601
  112. Master Snottolf's stone operation
    Master Snottolf's stone operation Pieter van der Heyden · After Pieter Bruegel · Theodoor Galle (printer) in or after 1601
  113. Heyn Plomp
    Heyn Plomp Possibly after David Vinckboons · Claes Jansz. Visscher II (printer) 1601–1652
  114. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Unknown 1601–1699
  115. Master Blaeskake's stone operation
    Master Blaeskake's stone operation After Maerten de Vos · Claes Jansz. Visscher II (printer) 1605–1652
  116. The extraction of fools
    The extraction of fools Unknown 1608–1618
  117. James I holding the Pope’s nose to the grindstone
    James I holding the Pope’s nose to the grindstone David Ramsay (clockmaker) c. 1610–c. 1615
  118. Altogether too stupid
    Altogether too stupid Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne c. 1610–c. 1625
  119. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads Johann Theodor de Bry (printer) · After print by Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of) · After drawing by Karel van Mander 1611
  120. Come, men and women alike, and have the stone cut out
    Come, men and women alike, and have the stone cut out Jan Tiel (printer) after 1616
  121. The nose grinder
    The nose grinder Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne possibly 1618
  122. To this grave doctor millions do resort
    To this grave doctor millions do resort Martin Droeshout c. 1620–c. 1630
  123. The nose grinder Johann Schultes the Younger c. 1626
  124. Physician of Fools
    Physician of Fools After Johann Theodor de Bry 1627
  125. Oestrum
    Oestrum After Maerten de Vos 1627
  126. Circumforaneus
    Circumforaneus After Pieter Bruegel 1627
  127. The tongue grinders
    The tongue grinders After print by Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of) · After drawing by Karel van Mander 1627
  128. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads After print by Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of) · After drawing by Karel van Mander 1627
  129. Master Snottolf's stone operation
    Master Snottolf's stone operation Pieter van der Heyden · After Pieter Bruegel · Joannes Galle (printer) after 1630
  130. Head being held to the grindstone
    Head being held to the grindstone Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne 1635
  131. Tremendous bluntness
    Tremendous bluntness Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne c. 1635
  132. A man's head on a grindstone
    A man's head on a grindstone Pieter van Laer c. 1635–c. 1642
  133. The head-bakery
    The head-bakery Unknown c. 1640
  134. German proverbs
    German proverbs Jakob von der Heyden (?) c. 1640–1640
  135. Men placing numerous heads in an oven
    Men placing numerous heads in an oven Unknown c. 1640
  136. Depiction of the marvellous workshop of Simplicissimus
    Depiction of the marvellous workshop of Simplicissimus Unknown c. 1640–c. 1680
  137. Archbishop Laud’s nose being held to the grindstone
    Archbishop Laud’s nose being held to the grindstone Unknown 1641
  138. Doctor Wurmbrandt
    Doctor Wurmbrandt Unknown 1648
  139. A bakehouse where old women are baked young
    A bakehouse where old women are baked young Abraham Bach the Elder c. 1648–c. 1680
  140. A bakehouse where old men are baked young
    A bakehouse where old men are baked young Abraham Bach the Elder c. 1648–c. 1680
  141. A bakehouse where old men are baked young
    A bakehouse where old men are baked young Abraham Bach the Elder c. 1648–c. 1680
  142. A bakehouse where old women are baked young
    A bakehouse where old women are baked young Abraham Bach the Elder c. 1648–c. 1680
  143. The nose grinder
    The nose grinder Abraham Bach the Elder c. 1648–c. 1680
  144. The shop for new heads
    The shop for new heads Paul Fürst (printer) c. 1650
  145. The windmill in which old women are ground young
    The windmill in which old women are ground young Paul Fürst (printer) c. 1650
  146. Oven à la mode
    Oven à la mode Cnobbaert (printer) 1650
  147. The windmill in which old women are ground young
    The windmill in which old women are ground young Paul Fürst (printer) c. 1650
  148. The doctor curing fantasies, and also purging folly with drugs
    The doctor curing fantasies, and also purging folly with drugs Unknown c. 1650–c. 1699
  149. The Scots holding their young king's nose to the grindstone
    The Scots holding their young king's nose to the grindstone Unknown 1651
  150. Fools always make themselves known
    Fools always make themselves known Jacques Lagniet · After Johann Theodor de Bry 1657
  151. The young Lustucru
    The young Lustucru Alexandre Boudan (printer) 1659–1664
  152. Coin of Lustucru
    Coin of Lustucru Unknown 1660
  153. The invention of women
    The invention of women Jacques Lagniet (printer) c. 1660
  154. The invention of women
    The invention of women Jacques Lagniet (printer) c. 1660
  155. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads Adam Rérelle · Nicolas Langlois (printer) c. 1660
  156. The massacre of Lustucru
    The massacre of Lustucru Pierre Bertrand (printer) c. 1660–c. 1664
  157. The massacre of Lustucru
    The massacre of Lustucru Jacques Lagniet (printer) c. 1660–c. 1664
  158. The return of Lustucru
    The return of Lustucru F. Campion 1663
  159. The great destruction of Lustucru by strong and virtuous women
    The great destruction of Lustucru by strong and virtuous women Sébastien Leclerc 1663
  160. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads Jacques Lagniet (printer) 1663
  161. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads F. Campion 1663
  162. The furnace of Jean Tangous
    The furnace of Jean Tangous J. Binet (printer) c. 1665
  163. The nose grinder
    The nose grinder Abraham Aubry · Gerhard Altzenbach (printer) c. 1675–c. 1699
  164. The extraction of the stone of madness
    The extraction of the stone of madness Manner of Jheronimus Bosch c. 1685
  165. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads After print by Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of) · After drawing by Karel van Mander 1689
  166. The Protestant grind stone
    The Protestant grind stone Unknown c. 1690
  167. Bakery where heads are baked anew
    Bakery where heads are baked anew Willem van Bloemen (printer) 1694–1711
  168. Bakery where heads are baked anew
    Bakery where heads are baked anew Willem van Bloemen (printer) 1694–1711
  169. The new-yearly head-bakery, of all kinds of fool’s heads
    The new-yearly head-bakery, of all kinds of fool’s heads Philibert Bouttats the Younger (printer) c. 1700
  170. The windmill in which old women are ground young
    The windmill in which old women are ground young Unknown 1700–1725
  171. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads Carel Allard (attributed to) · After print by Hendrick Goltzius (attributed to workshop of) · After drawing by Karel van Mander 1705
  172. The nose grinder
    The nose grinder Pietro Ridolfo c. 1710–c. 1716
  173. The overseas grindstone of peaceful heads
    The overseas grindstone of peaceful heads Turner (printer) 1712
  174. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads Jacques Chiquet (printer) 1713–1741
  175. The stone of folly found in many heads, for believing in the wind
    The stone of folly found in many heads, for believing in the wind Unknown 1720
  176. The Foreign Grinder / The Domestic Grinder / The Court Grinder / The Finisher
    The Foreign Grinder / The Domestic Grinder / The Court Grinder / The Finisher Unknown 1757
  177. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Mullerianis (printer) 1765
  178. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Unknown 1765
  179. The forging of heads
    The forging of heads Unknown c. 1800
  180. The tongue grinders
    The tongue grinders Unknown c. 1800
  181. The foolish right of the nose-grinders
    The foolish right of the nose-grinders Unknown c. 1800
  182. The famous Lustucru
    The famous Lustucru Pierre Jean (printer) 1813–1816
  183. John Bull holds Napoleon’s nose to the grindstone
    John Bull holds Napoleon’s nose to the grindstone William Elmes 1814
  184. The Allied Bakers or, The Corsican Toad in the Hole
    The Allied Bakers or, The Corsican Toad in the Hole George Cruikshank · After Hannah Humphrey · Hannah Humphrey (printer) 1814
  185. Master Kaccadorus' stone operation
    Master Kaccadorus' stone operation Clement, De Vri & Van Stegeren (printer) 1816–1836
  186. Hard times | Worse & worse, semper idem!!
    Hard times | Worse & worse, semper idem!! George Cruikshank (also printer) · James Robins (printer) 1827
  187. Beauty makers from Paris
    Beauty makers from Paris Attributed to Robert Seymour 1828
  188. A Dutch physician and good apothecary who rejuvenates old people
    A Dutch physician and good apothecary who rejuvenates old people Ekspeditsiia zagotovleniia gos. bumag (Expedition for the Procurement of State Papers) before 1881
  189. The nose sharpener
    The nose sharpener Ekspeditsiia zagotovleniia gos. bumag (Expedition for the Procurement of State Papers) before 1881
  190. The nose sharpener
    The nose sharpener Ekspeditsiia zagotovleniia gos. bumag (Expedition for the Procurement of State Papers) before 1881
  191. Baker of fools
    Baker of fools Unknown 1908