print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.9620
- Title
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Object: Atlas
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Object: Actieuse papiere Atlas naar de Mode...
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Object: L'Atlas Actieux de Papier...
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Series: Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid
- Description
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A Dutch satire on the financial crisis in Paris in 1720, a later state of 1868,0808.9619 with additional text in the image and on the pillars at the centre of the wall referring to the significance of the number nine. 1720
Etching
- Production date
- 1720
- Dimensions
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Height: 284 millimetres
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Width: 353 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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For another impression of the same print, see "Het Groote Tafereel Der Dwaasheid" , location 298.c.4 (Vol I; BM 1868-8-8-8619). There is one small difference: on the right pillar of the wall there is a Dutch engraved verse added ' Negen nooit van negen verkeerd / Hoe je addeerd of multipliceerd / Zo volstrekt zijn ook de zotten die met 9 sa- / men rotten'. On the left pillar is added 'Altijd Negen' with a list of numbers below.
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One of a collection of prints bound together in two volumes c.1721 known as 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid'; for more information, see 1868,0808.9602.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Financial Bubble 1720
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.9620