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Allegorie op de V.O.C.

Creator Name

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Simon Fokke

Cultural Context

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Dutch

Date

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Creation: 18th century

About the Work

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The Dutch East India Company is personified here as prosperous royalty with divine affinity. The logo for the Dutch East India Company, known as the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) in Dutch, can be seen in the flag on the left. The logo conspicuously adorned all VOC luxury products.
Rijksmuseum Object Description
In het midden troont Batavia, de personificatie van de V.O.C., met scepter. Aan haar voeten ligt de Hollandse Leeuw, wakend over een bundel pijlen en een zwaard. Achter Batavia staat de Vrijheid met vrijheidshoed op stok en wordt een vlag vastgehouden met het monogram van de V.O.C. Mercurius, de god van de handel, zit rechts van Batavia. Oosterse koopmannen leggen cadeau's neer terwijl geheel rechts twee putti bij een wapenschild met de beeltenis van een adelaar spelen.

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Title

Allegorie op de V.O.C.

Creator

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Simon Fokke (link to bio)
Fokke, Simon;
Huysman, Jacobus;
Fokke, Simon, print maker, prentmaker;
Fokke, Simon, after own design by, naar eigen ontwerp van;
Huysman, Jacobus, publisher, uitgever

Worktype

print; prent

Cultural Context

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Dutch

Material

paper; papier

Dimensions

height: 101mm;
plaatrand: hoogte: 101mm;
width: 148mm;
plaatrand: breedte: 148mm

Technique

etching; etsen

Language

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Date

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Creation: 18th century

Provenance

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purchase 1910
purchase, 1910; aankoop, 1910

Style Period

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Rights

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Public Domain;
CC0
Public Domain Mark 1.0; CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)

Inscription

verso - gestempeld

Location

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Creation: Amsterdam
Amsterdam; Amsterdam

Subjects

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Descriptive Topic: Woman, Man, Cherub, Wealth, Allegory
trade-company; attributes of Mercury; Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)

Topic

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Curationist Contributors

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Christina Stone; Jessica Gengler

Related Content

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Part of: The Dutch East India Company’s Colonial Trade and Plunder

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Simon Fokke, Allegorie op de V.O.C., 1752–1784. Rijksmuseum. In a regal and affluent personification, the Dutch East India Company, known as the Vereenigde Oostindische Compangnie (VOC) in Dutch, demonstrates its pride as a colonial authority. Public Domain.

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