The Amsterdam swindler Aron Abrahams is flogged and branded. Next to him in heaven Lady Justice with sword and scales but without a blindfold. Among four animals symbolising 'the evil Jew': a rooting boar, a wolf in a bank vault, a fox in a dovecote and a dog in the kitchen. The rat in the trap stands for Abrahamsz. himself who is now imprisoned. Below the picture a verse and text explaining the print, Allegory on the trial of the Amsterdam swindler Aron Abrahams An old and shady rotten rat in a trap. Or the prisoner sitting in a tuxedo, with his coat of arms given to him by justice., print maker: Andries van Buysen (Sr.), (mentioned on object), Jan van Dijk, (mentioned on object), publisher: Geertrui de Ruyter, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1737, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, h 250 mm × w 205 mm, h 420 mm × w 245 mm
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