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Avarice Attempts to Overtake Fortune, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Avarice tries to catch up with Fortuna. Depiction of various forms of greed among people from childhood to old age. In the background, a procession of wind traders on foot and in carriages chases Fortuna off a rock into the abyss. At the top, a portrait of John Law with an empty scroll. Without the caption. Print 56 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with caricatures on the Windhandel or Share Trading of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHebzucht probeert Fortuna in te halen, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
