# Two Laughing Jesters

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## Artwork

- Artist: [XAVERY, Pieter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/xavery-pieter-r17b8154a290645>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Terracotta, height 45 cm

## Commentary

This group of two seated jesters who appear to be speaking directly to the viewer, belongs to the humorous category of Xavery&#39;s oeuvre. It is signed and dated on the front of the plinth: P.R. XAVERI INVE 1673.

## Related artworks

- [Bacchanal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/xavery-pieter-r17b8154a290645/bacchanal-r412299198e3098>)
- [Bacchus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/xavery-pieter-r17b8154a290645/bacchus-rbc4855be3987e2>)
- [Faun](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/xavery-pieter-r17b8154a290645/faun-r1bbed16bdfdf05>)
- [Hurdy-Gurdy Player](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/xavery-pieter-r17b8154a290645/hurdy-gurdy-player-ra332236e6c5b7a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)