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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 image in which Father Time holds a mirror before a young woman with a globe. Around it, a frame with two small figures, animals, and scrollwork with various inscriptions, printed from a second plate. On the sheet below the plate, four columns of text with a verse and a list of shares. Title page in the bound fourth edition (304 B 12) of *Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid* with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trade of 1720.

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

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