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Title print of the Actiekraam or the Forecourt of Quinquenpoix, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Title print of the Actiekraam or the Voorhof van Quinquenpoix. In the central representation a man kneels with a love declaration to a woman who rejects him (according to the text: John Law and Schoonschijn), in the frame cupids and quivers. With two lines in the inscription. This plate is printed in the middle of a larger plate with a wreath built up from all kinds of objects related to wind trade. At the bottom sit Mercury and Neptune. In the plate an inscription with two verses. Print 49 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTitelprent van de Actiekraam of het Voorhof van Quinquenpoix, 1720. 1697. Pieter van den Berge. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.