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Allegory on the bankruptcies in Amsterdam caused by wind exchange trading, 1763
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Allegory of the bankruptcies on the Amsterdam Exchange due to exchange wind trading 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 Phaëton. In the foreground, an empty money chest, a stack of unpaid bills, and a monkey doing the accounting, around a medallion with Daedalus and Icarus. In the background, dark clouds above the Exchange of Hendrik de Keyzer in Amsterdam. In the caption, an explanation of the scene.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorie op de bankroeten te Amsterdam door de wissel-windhandel, 1763. 1763. Jan Caspar Philips. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.