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Allegory on the Rotterdam Trade
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Allegory on the Rotterdam Trade

Jan Punt · 1750 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Personifications of the four continents – America with feather headdress and skirt, Africa with elephant hat and tusk, Asia with turban and incense burner, and Europe with armor and scepter – offer gifts to the city maiden of Rotterdam. Behind her a statue of Erasmus. In the foreground a nymph on a wagon, drawn by swans on the river. In the background a city view with the St. Laurens Church.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAllegorie op de Rotterdamse Handel. 1750. Jan Punt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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