Title page for the European Mercurius of 1720, Title page for the European Mercurius, vol. XXXI about the year 1720. In the foreground a portrait of Cardinal Giulio Alberone. The mockery of this portrait refers to the fall and exile of the cardinal from Spain in December 1719. In the background Mercury is seated on an enormous stack of paper., print, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Andries van Damme, (mentioned on object), print maker: Northern Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1720, paper, etching, engraving, height, 166 mm × width, 128 mm
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Title page, European Mercurius, 1720, vol, Xxxi, year 1720, foreground, portrait, Cardinal Giulio Alberone, mockery, portrait refers, fall, exile, cardinal, Spain, December 1719, background Mercury, seated, enormous stack, paper, print, print maker, anonymous, publisher, Andries van Damme, mentioned, object, Northern Netherlands, Amsterdam, etching, engraving, height, 166 mm × width, 128 mm
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