amsterdam blep

www.rijksmuseum.nl (PD)
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.111262

Longtime Museum friends know that I often wish books still included decorations like this: at the end or beginning of a chapter, perhaps, or at the bottom of the page because why not.  This particular one was etched sometime in the mid-1700's by Simon Fokke (Dutch, 1712-84), who made his living on tiny portraits and book vignettes.  Whomever commissioned this tiny treasure must have had a sense of humor, because when you look closely....

Blep!

Or whatever you personally call a happy stuck-out dog tongue.