Mercury awakens, 1720, Harlekin and Bombario in den Mourning (title on object), The Great Scene of Foolishness (series title), Mercury awakens lying on the ground, a devil with a money bag sits on his back. Various bystanders in the foreground and background. On the left the sign of the inn called: Action Koolpot. In the performance a verse of four lines and several inscriptions in Dutch. Printed on a larger sheet between 3 verses each with 7 stanzas of 4 lines. Print 50 in the series Het Groote Tafereel der Foolheid with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel of 1720., print, print maker

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