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Title Print for the Mirror of Folly, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Title print with a central scene in which Father Time holds a mirror up to a young woman with a globe. Around this is a border with small people, animals, and scrollwork with various inscriptions, printed from a second plate. Below the plate on the sheet are 5 columns of text with a verse and a list of shares. Title page in the bound first edition (304 B 11) of Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trading of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTitelprent voor het Tafereel der Dwaasheid, 1720. 1720. Jacob Folkema. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
