The Old Exchange of Amsterdam

Oil on canvas, 85.5 × 105.5 cm

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Aankoop / Purchase: 1866

Description:
The painting excellently documents the expansion of the Exchange in 1668, based on a design by the Amsterdam architect Daniël Stalpaert. The most important change was the merging of the two southern gate buildings into one building with a classic facade on the Rokin. A statue of Mercury, the god of trade, by Bartholomeus Eggers was erected between the two hallways. The sculpture can be seen to the left between the two open arches; Mercury's caduceus staff stands out against the sun-lit fronts on the Rokin.