Frederik Hendrik grants mercy to the naked activists, 1720, The Risen Frederik Hendrik old-fashioned patron of Wrong Mercy &c. &c. &c. (title on object), The Great Scene of Foolishness (series title), A resurrected Frederik Hendrik shows mercy to the naked and destitute activists at the gourd tree by offering them shelter under his cloak. This is an interpretation of an old proverb: covering oneself with the mantle of Frederik Hendrik, which means: freedom from persecution in the financial field. In the middle wind traders are drowning in a ditch, on the right a merry-go-round. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 11) 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, height, 259 mm × width c. 320 mm
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