The sincere and the money-hungry merchant, 1720, Virtute et Probitate (title on object), The Useful, and Useless Merchant (title on object), The Great Scene of Foolishness (series title), The sincere and the money-hungry merchant. On the left the sincere merchant with Mercury and Virtue before the throne of Truth, on the right the money-hungry merchant (the wind merchant) with Deceit and Rascalness before the throne of Wealth. On the balustrade bible quotes. In the background a garden with a maze with the narrow and the wide path. In the caption the legend 1-14 in Dutch. The title and a verse of 2 columns are printed separately on the sheet below the plate. 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, Filips Piek, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1720, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height c. 430 mm × width, 395 mm
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