Full-length portrait of the Scottish economist John Law. In his right hand he has a stick and in his left hand a lot of paper with a one-line text from Psalm Behind him part of the gardens at Versailles. Below the portrait the name and function of the person being portrayed and a four-line, French mockery poem, Portrait of John Law Jean Law du roy en tous ces controleur gnal des finances, print maker: Leonard Schenk, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pieter Schenk (II), (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1720, paper, etching, h 271 mm × w 175 mm

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