Cartoon on the actionists. The harlequin Bombario and a fool lift a curtain revealing the action trade at the coffee house Quincampoix, where a large crowd of action merchants crowd around the actions shouted out from a stage. In the foreground Mercury trapped in a cage. Also used as a title plate in the eponymous comedy by Pieter Langendijk from 1720. Print 12 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with cartoons on the Windhandel of Actionhandel of 1720, Harlequin Actionist, 1720 Arlequyn Actionist, Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (title series)., print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1720, paper, etching, engraving, h 241 mm × w 190 mm
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Cartoon, actionists, harlequin Bombario, fool lift, curtain revealing, action trade, coffee house Quincampoix, large crowd, action merchants crowd, actions shouted out, stage, foreground Mercury trapped, cage, title plate, eponymous comedy, Pieter Langendijk, 1720, Print 12, series Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, cartoons, Windhandel, Actionhandel, 1720, Harlequin Actionist, 1720 Arlequyn Actionist, Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, title series, print maker, anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1720, paper, etching, engraving, h 241 mm × w 190 mm
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