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The Honest and the Greedy Merchant, 1720
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The honest and the greedy merchant. On the left, the honest merchant with Mercury and Virtue before the throne of Truth; on the right, the greedy merchant (the wind trader) with Deceit and Cunning before the throne of Wealth. On the balustrade, Bible quotations. In the background, a garden with a maze featuring the narrow and the broad way. In the caption, the legend 1-14 in Dutch. 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 oprechte en de geldzuchtige koopman, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
