Allegory on the bankruptcies in Amsterdam caused by the exchange wind trade, 1763

Allegory on the bankruptcies at the Exchange in Amsterdam due to the wind trade in the year 1763. The commerce of Amsterdam (Mercury) is driven away by the personifications of Pride and Luxury. At the top, a medallion with the fall of Phaeton. In the foreground, an empty money chest, a stack of unpaid accounts, and a monkey doing the bookkeeping, around a medallion with Daedalus and Icarus. In the background, dark clouds above the Exchange of Hendrik de Keyser in Amsterdam. In the inscription, an explanation of the scene. Subject category within the Atlas Amsterdam: Markets, trade: Memories of public buildings of commerce, merchants, tobacco auctions.