Foolery redux!

Foolery, sir, does walk about  the orb 

like the sun, it shines everywhere. 

~ William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night 

Enjoy this abbreviated collection of jesters, harlequins,
 jokers, and fools that I gathered a few years ago. 
 —DC 

Farnos the Red Nose, by Jacques Callot (c. 1592-1635)

Russian woodcut with watercolors

Print by Franz Isaac Brun (1555-1610)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), 

Punchinello with Dumpling

A fool facing left; bust-length figure, resting his chin on his right hand; 

wearing a chain with a large medallion; a fly on his fool's cap. 

The Fool By Heinrich Vogtherr, 1513-1568
  Print made by Hans Hanberg 1568

After Pieter Jansz Date 1638-1678

Print made by Franz Isaac Brun (1555-1610)

Farnos and Pigasya, the red-nosed drunks, by Jacques Callot (c. 1592-1635)

Russian woodcut with watercolors

Two Fools of Carnival, artist unknown

Print by Franz Isaac Brun (1555-1610)