The Sincere and the Goldeny Koopman, 1720, 1720 print The sincere and the greedy merchant. On the left the sincere merchant with Mercury and Virtue for the throne of truth, on the right the greedy merchant (the wind trader) with deception and scable for the throne of wealth. On the balustrade Bible quotes. In the background a garden with a maze with the narrow and the wide road. In the caption De Legenda 1-14. Print 51 in the series The Great Scene of Foolishness with cartoons on the Windhandel or Action Trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving merchant, salesman. labyrint
The Sincere and the Goldeny Koopman, 1720, 1720 print The sincere and the greedy merchant. On the left the sincere merchant with Mercury and Virtue for the throne of truth, on the right the greedy merchant (the wind trader) with deception and scable for the throne of wealth. On the balustrade Bible quotes. In the background a garden with a maze with the narrow and the wide road. In the caption De Legenda 1-14. Print 51 in the series The Great Scene of Foolishness with cartoons on the Windhandel or Action Trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving merchant, salesman. labyrinth, maze ~ garden. the way to destruction is broad and the gate is wide; the way to life is narrow and the gate is straight ~ doctrine of Christ on love, etc. (Matthew 7:13-14; Luke 13:24)
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