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The Bubble Boy on the Hunt, 1720
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The Bubble Boy on the Hunt, 1720

Pieter van den Berge · 1697 · letterpress printing; etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

The Bubble Boy on the hunt. A naked boy, ruined by wind trading, hunts a lion and a unicorn with a torch. In a decorative frame with lions and deer. In the caption, a four-line verse. Printed on the sheet around and below the plate are five verses. Print 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 description
Credit lineDe Bubbeljongen op jacht, 1720. 1697. Pieter van den Berge. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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