The Cog Boat Borne by Mercury, Hercules, Minerva and Neptune The cog ship carried by Mercury, Minerva and Neptune, crowning for a pump, The weapon of Amsterdam, the cog ship, carried by four seated, partly squat, backward facing figures. They hold the hull of the ship on their arms and with their hands above their heads. They represent Mercury, Hercules and Minerva, recognizable respectively: on the petasus, on the lion's skin and the club lying in front of him and on the helmet. Minerva is dressed in a long robe and sagging cloak with a kind of bandelier (?) Slanting across the chest and is squatting on her shield. The bearded male figure without attribute will represent Neptune or Jupiter. In the left hand of Mercury a fragment of an attribute (the money pouch?)., Sailing-ship, sailing-boat (with NAME), (story of) Mercury (Hermes), (story of) Hercules (Heracles), (story or) Minerva (Pallas, Athena), (story of) Neptune (Poseidon), City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808), Amsterdam, Artus Quellinus (I), c. 1652, terracotta (clay material), h 31.7 cm × w 29.5 cm × d 24.0 cm
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