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The Laughing Aesopus at the Cabbage Meal at the Farewell of the Actie Apes, 1720
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On the left stands the laughing Aesopus, Bombario in harlequin costume, next to a group of monkeys eating cabbage (the victims of the wind trade). On the right, wolves hunt sheep. In the clouds Mercury, the Dutch Lion, and Father Time. In the caption a verse in four columns. Print 48 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with satirical prints on the Wind Trade or Share Trading of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe lachende Aesopus bij het koolmaal bij het afscheid van de Actieapen, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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