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Title Print for the series: Bombario Actionist and the Spirit of Esopus, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Emblem composed of a cartouche and a devil with a basket of little people on his head. Central scene with Bombario, a street vendor, and a monkey. Print within a decorative border, printed from a separate plate with rocailles and flowers. Numbered right center: 1. Part of the second Dutch bound edition of 1720 (and related to the Windhandel in that year) of a series of caricatures of little people, known as Het Dwergentooneel, partly copied from an older German model.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTitelprent voor de serie: Bombario Actionist en de Geest van Esopus, 1720. 1716 - 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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