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Allegory on Free Trade: the Batavian Lion
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In the clouds the personification Liberty, with a scepter and the liberty cap in her hand. She is surrounded by putti and Mercury. Below her the Batavian Lion, with sword in hand and coat of arms of Amsterdam at the side. The print is after a ceiling painting by Gerard de Lairesse and is part of a series with Biblical, mythological and allegorical subjects.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorie op de vrije handel: de Bataafse leeuw. 1672 - 1726. Johannes Glauber. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
