Amsterdam as the Centre of World Trade, Pieter Isaacsz, 1606

Harpsichord cover with the personification of the city of amsterdam (the amsterdam city virgin) on the left, seated on a throne with a river god at her feet. To her left the god neptune. She reaches for a globe with her left hand. In the distance ships in a bay and a view of an asian landscape. Above the throne, putti hold the city coat of arms of amsterdam. Object Type: painting. Genre: allegory. Date: 1606. Place of creation: Amsterdam; Antwerpen. Dimensions: paneelmaat 79.4 × 165 × 3 cm (31.2 × 64.9 × 1.1 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Amsterdam Museum. Allegorische voorstelling van Amsterdam als centrum van de wereldhandel Rijksmuseum SK-A-4947

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Author: harpsichord: Ruckers family painter: Pieter Isaacsz (1569–1625) After Karel van Mander the Elder (1548–1606)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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