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Cunning Catches a Spy
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Cunning Catches a Spy

Pieter Tanjé · 1716 - 1761 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Cunning, with a fox beside her, covers the spy of Nadir Shah Afshar, Shah of Iran, with a blanket. Politics, with the scales of justice and the mirror of prudence, and Danger, with a staff and snakes, accompany Cunning.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printsnakesIngenuity'Ingegno' (Ripa)'Politica' (Ripa)Danger'Pericolo' (Ripa)
Credit lineDe List vangt een spion. 1716 - 1761. Pieter Tanjé. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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