A satire on the death of Marc René de Voyer d'Argenson, Keeper of the Seals, showing the latter in Hell, led by demons before Minos, Aeacus and Rhadamantus, who are sitting side by side on the left; on the right are three Gorgon-like women and Cerberus; on the left, demons holding satirical representations of d'Argenson's deeds: 'Magdeleine de Trenel' (d'Argenson cajoling the Benedictine nuns from the convent of La Madeleine de Traisnel in Paris, of which he was a patron), 'Les Pauvres Fustigez et conduits a l'hopital' (the poor being taken to the Hôpital General by force), 'Law Rabille L'ombre dehabille' ('Law dresses [France], the shadow [d'Argenson] undresses'; a satire on John Law), 'contribution sur les filles de Joye' (d'Argenson taxing the prostitutes), 'Normand - Gruet' (two men condemned for fraud and allegedly supported by d'Argenson); in the upper right corner, another scene shows d'Argenson's coffin being pelted with stones by the women of Paris.  1721
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1721<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1721-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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