

1062
3
The Old Exchange of Amsterdam
1670
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.
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.
- License:
- Courtesy of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- For more:
- http://collectie.boijmans.nl/en//collection/1043-(ok)
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