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Rise and fall of the actionists
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with various depictions of the unrest caused by the Windhandel of 1720. In the center at the bottom, Quinquempoix: a crowd of victims of the windhandel gathered on the Dam near the Kalverstraat; above that, The Tuileries Palace: panic in the Parisian Tuileries. At the top, a portrait of John Law holding a note with Mississippi, accompanied by a monkey and a wolf biting a sheep. Top left, merchant shipping; top right, excavation work for the Utrecht canal. The caption contains a poem in seven columns.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineOp- en ondergang van de actionisten. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
