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Devils on the Austrian smelting furnace
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Devils on the Austrian smelting furnace

anonymous · 1787 - 1790 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Satirical print with two devils with bellows sitting on a smelting furnace. Two eagle heads whisper in their ears. Church ornaments are being melted down in the furnaces. Related to August 1789. With a 18-line verse in French. Part of a large group of prints relating to the events of the Brabant Revolution and the period 1787-1790.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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cartoonprintBrabantBrabantse omwenteling
Credit lineDuivels op de Ooostenrijkse smeltoven. 1787 - 1790. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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