Be Phebo Auaro et Inuido · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Be Phebo Auaro et Inuido
Subject: Blind; King; Eyes
Period: 1500-1550;
Geographic: Basel (Switzerland)
Description: Four men are outside in a field. One man is naked, wearing a crown and holding a scepter, another man is dressed in a cloak and two others are in civilians’ clothes. One of the men is kneeling to remove another man’s eyes, while the cloaked man points and speaks to the naked man. The cloaked man appears to be blind in one eye.
Image Creator: Anonymous
Type: StillImage; Woodcuts, Handcolour
Identifier: mta:29060
Language: lat
Parent Collection: 1501 (Latin)
Image: mta_29060_OBJ.jpg