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Harpagon threatens Cléante
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Harpagon threatens Cléante

Jean-Antoine-Valentin Foulquier · 1878 - 1879 · etching; drypoint; paper

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

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Scene from Act II of "L'Avare" by Molière. Cléante discovers that his moneylender is actually his father Harpagon, and they quarrel.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printtheatre, theatrical performancemisernobility and patriciatechivalry, knighthood
Credit lineHarpagon bedreigt Cléante. 1878 - 1879. Jean-Antoine-Valentin Foulquier. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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