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Hand-coloured etching of a drunken Bacchus on a globe with a blindfolded Justice, a rooster, quacks and musicians in a crowded street scene.

A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching by Daniël Veelwaard I after J. Smies, 1809.

A crowded hand-coloured etching shows a muscular, wine-drinking Bacchus figure with a goblet balanced atop a large globe, flanked by a blindfolded woman holding scales and a sword. Below, a rooster, a jumbled pile of books and boxes, and a bust labelled Justinian sit among quack-like figures and musicians in a street.

Artist
Smies, Jacob Gerritsz, 1764-1833
Date
1809
Medium
Caricatures Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2416 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1809.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Baco ebrio sobre el globo: la justicia y la salud trastornadas

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