Allegory on the East India Company, Anonymous, 1728 print Putti with coats of arms of Aegidius van den Bempden, Hendrik Trip, Adriaan van Loon and Reinier Bouwens (mayor and administrators of the Trade Company) are flanked by justice with scales and Minerva with (freedom) hat in hand. On the right a putto with the flag of the VOC, Mercury as a trading god, Neptune as God of the Sea, an Allegorical female figure and the Oostindisch warehouse in Amsterdam. Left commercial ships at sea, people who represent the East Indian peoples and a woman with incense and star on the head. In the foreground m
Allegory on the East India Company, Anonymous, 1728 print Putti with coats of arms of Aegidius van den Bempden, Hendrik Trip, Adriaan van Loon and Reinier Bouwens (mayor and administrators of the Trade Company) are flanked by justice with scales and Minerva with (freedom) hat in hand. On the right a putto with the flag of the VOC, Mercury as a trading god, Neptune as God of the Sea, an Allegorical female figure and the Oostindisch warehouse in Amsterdam. Left commercial ships at sea, people who represent the East Indian peoples and a woman with incense and star on the head. In the foreground merchandise. paper etching / letterpress printing trade-company. Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Asiatic races and peoples East Indian sea warehouse
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