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Mercury handing a rolled map to Shipping
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Mercury handing a rolled map to Shipping

Jan Luyken · 1698 · etching; paper

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

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Mercury sits on a dais and hands the personification of Shipping a rolled map. On the left sits the personified Earth with a globe on her lap. Above in the scene two medallions with scenes of a merchant on horseback (left) and merchants in a harbour during the loading of a ship (right).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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titelpaginaprint'Navigatione' (Ripa)
Credit lineMercurius overhandigt Scheepvaart een opgerolde kaart. 1698. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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