Amsterdam, Houbraken, Jacob, Silk trade and allegorical figures, verso lower left - stamped, Four women involved in the purchase and sale of silk fabrics. One woman holds a pair of scales in her hand. Two other women are looking at fabrics. In the foreground more fabrics, baskets with bobbins and spinning wheels. Behind them Father Time holds open a curtain through which a cupboard with rolls of silk can be seen and several silk merchants. Behind them stands Minerva. In the third plane a sea with Neptune, sailing in his chariot drawn by hippocampuses. In the sky Mercury as the personification of the trade., print, prent, prints, height 221 mm, width 167 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1698-12-25 - 1780-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1708 - 1780, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching
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Amsterdam, Houbraken, Jacob, Silk trade, allegorical figures, verso lower, left, - stamped, Four women involved, purchase, sale, silk fabrics, woman holds, pair, scales, hand, Two, women, looking, fabrics, foreground, baskets, bobbins, spinning wheels, them Father Time, holds, open, curtain, cupboard, rolls, silk, several silk merchants, them, stands, Minerva, third plane, sea, Neptune, sailing, chariot drawn, hippocampuses, sky Mercury, personification, trade, print, prent, prints, height 221 mm, width 167 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1698-12-25 - 1780-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1708 - 1780, paper, papier, engraving, printing process, etching
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