Allegorical representation of the trade in woven fabrics, Jan van Oosterwyk in Schiedam to Amsterdam (title on object), Allegorical representation of the trade in woven fabrics. Minerva, as patroness of spinning and weaving, is flanked by Justice with scales and Prudence with a mirror. Mercury, the god of trade, flies in and Fortuna spreads her riches from a cloud. In the background people are purchasing at a counter and goods are brought in by ships. Around the scene is a gate with the personification of shipping at the top left and the city virgin of Amsterdam at the top right. Below stream

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