The world is a play stage, 1720, De Waereld is a play stage, everyone plays his role and gets his share (title on object), The Great Table of Foolishness (series title), The world is a play stage. On a stage under a throne sky, wind traders are received by the devil, in the clouds the gods near a colonnade with the coat of arms of Amsterdam, in the foreground all kinds of personifications. On the left and right smaller scenes of the wind trade in different regions and cities. Top left enslaved Africans at the Mississippi Company. Also top right, left and bottom right representations relating

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