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The Laughing Aesopus at the Coal Meal at the Farewell of the Action Apes, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
On the left stands the laughing Aesopus, Bombario in harlequin costume, next to a group of apes eating cabbage (the victims of wind trading). On the right, wolves hunt sheep. In the clouds, Mercury, the Dutch Lion, and Father Time. In the caption, a four-column verse. 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 descriptionCredit lineDe lachende Aesopus bij het koolmaal bij het afscheid van de Actieapen, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
