Apotheosis of the Dutch East India Company (Allegory of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of the VOC), Allegorical representation with the female personification of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company seated on a throne. On her head she wears a crown of ships, in the right hand a sword with laurel wreath, in the left hand books and documents. Behind the throne Mercury, on the left a sitting woman with a dog and a key, on the right a female personification with a rudder in her hands. On the right two putti, Neptune and a galley with two columns. Made from a medal from 1702 bea

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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