Greed tries to overtake Fortuna, 1720, De Begeerlykheyt searches for Fortune to find out or to outrun (title on object), The Great Scene of Foolishness (series title), De Greed tries to overtake Fortuna. Depiction of all kinds of greed among people from childhood to old age. In the background, a procession of wind merchants on foot and in carriages, in pursuit of Fortune, plunges from a cliff into the abyss. At the top a portrait of John Law with a banderole with six-line verse. With caption in six columns. Print 56 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Foolheid with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720., print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1720, paper, etching, engraving, height 342 mm × width 431 mm, print
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Greed tries, overtake Fortuna, 1720, De Begeerlykheyt searches, Fortune, find, outrun, title, object, Great Scene, Foolishness, series title, De Greed tries, Depiction, kinds, greed, people, childhood, old age, background, procession, wind merchants, foot, carriages, pursuit, plunges, cliff, abyss, top, portrait, John Law, banderole, six-line verse, caption, six columns, Print 56, series Het Groote Tafereel der Foolheid, cartoons, Windhandel, Actiehandel, print maker, anonymous, Northern Netherlands, paper, etching, engraving, height 342 mm ×, width, 431 mm, print
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