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Allegory of the West India and East India Companies
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The personifications of the West India Company and the East India Company, each holding a company flag, point to the coats of arms of Aegidius van den Bempden and Jan Lieve Geelvinck, directors of the trading companies and mayors of Amsterdam. On the left the Amsterdam Town Hall and the personifications of Faith, Mercury as god of trade and Justice. On the right trading ships at sea and people representing the West and East Indian peoples. In the foreground merchandise.
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Credit lineAllegorie op de West-Indische en Oost-Indische Compagnie. 1726. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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