The sincere and the money-hungry merchant, 1720, Virtute et Probitate (title on object), The useful and the 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-grabbing 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 51 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Foolheid with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720., print maker: anonymous, Filips Piek, Northern Netherlands, 1720, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, height 273 mm × width 391 mm, height 498 mm × width 413 mm, print
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