The Housebook Master Middle Rhenish, active c. 1465/1500 Coat of Arms with a Peasant Standing on His Head, c. 1485-1490 drypoint Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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The mocking imagery that decorates this coat of arms was probably meant to declare that the world was upside-down, that men were dominated by women, and that any peasant could claim the right to a coat of arms.

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