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Apotheosis of the Dutch East India Company (Allegory of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of the VOC)
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Allegorical representation with the female personification of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company seated on a throne. On her head she wears a burgomaster's crown, in the right hand a sword with laurel wreath, in the left hand books and documents. Behind the throne Mercury, on the left a seated woman with a dog and a key, on the right a female personification with a rudder in her hands. On the right two putti, Neptune and a galley at two columns. Made after a medal struck in 1702 in honor of the centenary of the VOC.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineApotheosis of the Dutch East India Company (Allegory of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of the VOC). 1702 - 1746. Nicolaas Verkolje. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
