Shrove Tuesday joy wreath and play, 1720, Shrove Tuesday joy wreath and play (title on object), Het Groote Tafereel der Foolheid (series title), Shrove Tuesday joy wreath and play. Central scene in which Cupid teaches Pan (or Marsyas) to play the flute, in the background a naked nymph. Here the scene should be interpreted as John Law having taken off his mask and as the god of the wind trade being advised by the good spirit to abandon the wind trade. The nymph must then represent Mrs. Law. In a separately printed frame with small people, musical instruments and food that refer to Shrove

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