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Lottery on a Podium, ca. 1720
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Lottery on a Podium, ca. 1720

Bernard Picart · 1720 - 1733 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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A lottery on a podium in a city square, with two boys drawing tickets from boxes. Fights break out among the audience in the foreground. Part of the group of supplementary prints added to the series Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720. Subject categories within the Atlas Manners and Customs: Games and Entertainment; Lottery.

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printraffle, lotteryWindhandel van 1720
Credit lineLoterij op een podium, ca. 1720. 1720 - 1733. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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