print;
broadside;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.3396
- Title
- Object: Mardi Gras de Cocq a l'Ane (A Cock-and-Bull Carnival)
- Description
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Dutch satirical broadside on Louis XIV's overtures to Amsterdam at the beginning of 1690.(1) A man representing the city of Amsterdam with its emblem of three crosses and a heart bearing the fleur-de-lis on his shirt reaches behind him with his left arm to receive a payment in Louis d'or while his right arm is grasped by (2) Louis XIV, wearing armour with a cock (7) on his helmet, sits on a close-stool, labelled "Pour le service de mes alliées", holding in his right-hand a treaty (with which he is about to wipe himself) and resting his feet two men representing Bavaria (?) and Spain. Behind him two further "Kings", the Grand Dauphin mounted on an ass wearing a helmet with a dolphin and waving a firebrand, and the infant Prince of Wales wearing a paper crown, waving a toy sword and holding a small windmill. To right, a group of masqueraders accompany Amsterdam: (3) Father Petre holding out a mask; (4) a man playing a viola with a fox skin on his head; (5) another with a rommel-pot (a child's musical instrument); (6) a man with a mouse-trap on his head carrying a sack of Louis d'Or. To left, (8) a half-naked figure holding a shield bearing three frogs and labelled, "La France Persecutée", which rests on a Jesuit money chest and a large sword covered with coins; he gestures towards Louis while (9) three men pull him back. Lower left, a globe representing Germany and neighbouring kingdoms is on fire and (10) three men condemned to the galleys lie beside a huge oar with chains attached to their necks and wrists; they include a Dutch sailor and a Waldensian preacher. (11) Two French courtesans, weeping, sell their plate and finery to an old bearded Jew who holds a coin-scale; a young page kneels in front of the group. In the background to right, (12) an angry merchant draws the attention of a soberly dressed citizen to an unpaid tally on the wall; another man tears his hair. Between two arches in the background is a relief of a rudderless ship; through the arches can be seen, on the left, the city hall of Amsterdam, and, on the right, the Tuileries. Engraved title, inscriptions, and numbering 1-12, and with letterpress title and verses, incluing legend, in three columns. (Antwerp, Woons: 1690)
- Production date
- 1690
- Dimensions
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Height: 381 millimetres (etching)
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Height: 554 millimetres (printed area)
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Width: 400 millimetres (etching)
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Width: 400 millimetres (printed area)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: War of the Grand Alliance 1689-1697
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.3396
