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Spring Water as a Remedy for the Sick Actionists, 1720
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Spring Water as a Remedy for the Sick Actionists, 1720

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

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Spring water as a remedy for sick speculators. A boy, a victim of wind trading, drinks from the water of the spring of forgetfulness. In a decorative frame with waterfalls. Marked in the upper left: page 14. 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 lineBronwater als geneesmiddel voor de zieke Actionisten, 1720. 1697. Pieter van den Berge. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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