Allegory on the silk industry in Amsterdam, Allegory on the silk industry in Amsterdam: the City Virgin, flanked by Wisdom (Minerva) and Commerce (Mercury), receives bales of silk. Below the show the river gods of Amstel and 't IJ with between them a profile of the city of Amsterdam with ships in the foreground. At the top two putti with the arms of the De Neufville family and attributes associated with silk weaving, such as reels, bobbins, scissors and a design for a fabric pattern, silk (material, textile industry), Minerva as patroness, specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury, Mercury as patron, armorial bearing, heraldry (with NAME of family) - coat of arms, river personified, 'Fiumi' (Ripa), Amsterdam, Amstel, IJ, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), 1720 - 1746, paper, engraving, h 259 mm × w 170 mm
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Allegory, silk industry, Amsterdam, City Virgin, flanked, Wisdom, Minerva, Commerce, Mercury, receives bales, silk, river gods, Amstel, 't IJ, profile, city, ships, foreground, top two putti, arms, De Neufville family, attributes associated, silk weaving, reels, bobbins, scissors, design, fabric pattern, material, textile industry, patroness, specific aspects, allegorical aspects, patron, armorial bearing, heraldry, NAME, family, coat, river personified, Fiumi, Ripa, IJ, Jacob Houbraken, mentioned, object, 1720, 1746, paper, engraving
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