The artwork titled “Emblemata – Dice” is a creation by M.C. Escher, dated to the year 1931. It belongs to the art movement known as Realism and falls under the genre of illustration. This particular piece is part of the series “XXIV Emblemata dat zijn zinne-beelden.”
The artwork presents a woodcut composition featuring a pair of dice, a stack of coins, and a cup placed on a wooden surface. An inscription at the top reads “NEMINEM, NISI STULTUM, SUBMITTIMUS.” At the bottom, the artwork is bordered with an elaborate design containing additional text. This piece exemplifies Escher’s precise and detailed technique, capturing the realism of simple objects while imbuing them with a greater symbolic meaning reflective of the “Emblemata” series.
