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Mercury awakens, 1720
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Mercury lying on the ground awakens, a devil with a money bag sits on his back. Various bystanders are present in the foreground and background. On the left, the signboard of the inn named: Actie Koolpot. The depiction includes a four-line verse and several inscriptions in Dutch. Printed on a larger sheet between three verses, each with 7 couplets of 4 lines. Print 50 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with caricatures on the Wind Trade or Share Trading of 1720.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMercurius ontwaakt, 1720. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
