Explanation of the picture Harlekijn Actionist, 1720, Arlequyn Actionist (title on object), Uitlegginge der Tytelplaat, for Arlequyn Actionist (title on object), Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (series title), Cartoon on the actionists. The harlequin Bombario and a fool lift a curtain revealing the action trading at the Quincampoix coffee house, where a large crowd of action traders jostle for the actions being broadcast from a stage. In the foreground Mercury trapped in a cage. On the sheet below the plate a verse in three columns. Used as the title plate in the comedy of the same name by Pieter Langendijk from 1720. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 10) of Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720., print, print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1720, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 376 mm × width c. 240 mm
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Explanation, picture Harlekijn Actionist, 1720, Arlequyn Actionist, title, object, Uitlegginge der Tytelplaat, Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, series title, Cartoon, actionists, harlequin Bombario, fool lift, curtain revealing, action trading, Quincampoix coffee house, large crowd, action traders jostle, actions, broadcast, stage, foreground Mercury trapped, cage, sheet, plate, verse, three columns, title plate, comedy, name, Pieter Langendijk, Print, bound first edition, 304 B 10, cartoons, Windhandel, Actiehandel, print, print maker, anonymous, Northern Netherlands, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 376 mm ×, width, c, 240 mm
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