Laughing audience with a scene on stage, Jacob Ernst Marcus, after Christiaan Josi, 1803 print On a stage, an actress pierces two sausages that she holds in front of her chest. On the left a statue of the muse of the singing and dance, melpeamene and above it an image of Voltaire with a rod in his hand. For the stage a smiling audience that the actress offers laurel wreaths. Fourth print from a series of eight with the aim of delivering the contrasts of the then real life around 1800 with the civilized world (Beau-Jonde). Netherlands paper etching actress (on the stage)

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