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Fortuna (Roman deity)
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Five people on a terrace above steps, with a dog; the personification of fortune below; representing proverbs (?). Etching and mezzotint by F. Bartolozzi after Annibale Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Date: [1765]Reference: 2497884i
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Temple of Vesta or Fortuna Virilis, Rome. Engraving.
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A chariot driven by Folly and pulled by speculative trading companies displays a figure of Fortune corrupting honest trade. Etching by B. Picart, ca. 1720.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: [1720?]Reference: 812283iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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The comedian James Spiller is selling tickets under a giant set of scales which is weighing the actor's debts against his proceeds from theatre tickets. Etching by T. Cook, 1808, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: Apr. 1st 1808Reference: 579403i
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A surgeon removing a plaster from a man's back, with five people looking on. Oil painting attributed to Adriaen Rombouts, 16--.
Rombouts, Adriaen, active approximately 1640-after 1667.Date: [1647?/1667]Reference: 500931i