Allegorical representation on the trade in woven fabrics, Abraham Zeeman, 1737, Allegorical representation on the trade in woven fabrics. Minerva, as patroness of spinning and weaving, is flanked by Justice with scales and Prudence with mirror. Mercury, the god of commerce approaches and Fortuna scatters her riches from a cloud. In the background people are buying at a counter and goods are brought in by ships. Around the scene a gate with the personification of shipping at top left and the city virgin of Amsterdam at top right. At the bottom river gods. Print made for the trade of Jan van

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