🌀 Dreams & Big Ideas
The Conjurer
Unknown artist · 1502
Why it's great
A magician at a table performs a trick with cups and balls while a man behind him pickpockets a bystander. A follower of Hieronymus Bosch painted this in about 1502, and it is a comic warning about being tricked.
Where to see it
📍 Saint-Germain-en-Laye Civic MuseumSaint-Germain-en-Laye, France
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⬇ Hi-res download
4,498 × 3,739 px · 16.8 megapixels · prints up to about 15 × 12 inches at 300 dpi
File page & license ↗
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
💵 Budget
Etsy ↗
Posters and simple prints from small sellers, usually the lowest prices.
🖼️ Mid-range
Fine Art America ↗
Good printing on paper, canvas or metal, made to order, with framing options.
🏛️ High-end
Meisterdrucke ↗
Museum-grade giclée prints on archival paper or canvas, the closest to the real thing.
These links open search results on each shop's own website; we don't sell anything or earn a commission, and print quality varies by seller. Ask a grown-up before you buy anything.
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The artist of this work is not known. Many early portraits, prints and manuscripts were made by artists whose names were never recorded or have since been lost.
