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Mercury Awakens, 1720
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Mercury Awakens, 1720

anonymous · 1720 · letterpress printing; etching; engraving; paper

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

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Mercury lying on the ground awakens; a devil with a money bag sits on his back. Various bystanders in the foreground and background. On the left, the signboard of the inn named: Actie Koolpot. In the representation, a four-line verse and multiple inscriptions in Dutch. Printed on a larger sheet between three verses, each with seven couplets of four lines. 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 lineMercurius ontwaakt, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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