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Title print for the Mirror of Folly, 1720
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Title print for the Mirror of Folly, 1720

Jacob Folkema · 1720 · letterpress printing; etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Title Print with a central representation in which Father Time holds a mirror up to a young woman with a globe. Surrounding this is a border with two small figures, animals, and scrollwork with various inscriptions, printed from a second plate. Below the plate on the sheet is a poem in five columns. Title page in the bound first edition (304 B 10) of Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trading of 1720.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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titelprentprintlittle peopleWindhandel van 1720
Credit lineTitelprent voor het Tafereel der Dwaasheid, 1720. 1720. Jacob Folkema. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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