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Drunken Man, Detail from Border more
drinking, overindulgence, ruin, bees, people, men, bare feet, drunk, hangover, gluttony, greed, addiction, humour
This part of the Sixteenth-Century border-image woodcut by Lucas Cranach the elder shows a man holding a large wineglass, holding a large tankard, with perhaps a barrel under his arm. He is crowned with flowers and his head is surrounded by bees. He is dressed in tatty rags, his leggings have holes at the knees and torn cuffs at the ankles, and his left foot is bare. I think he’s about to be stung, and feel hung over.