Scaling the World: Allegory of Coinage and Monetary Governance in the Dutch Republic
Attributed to Romeyn de Hooghe, Allegory of Coinage envisions the global horizons of Dutch monetary governance. The central female personification, Moneta of Holland, receives tributaries from Africa, America, and Asia. Bearing sacks of silver and gold, these male laborers appear within a hybrid landscape that visually relates the technologies for mining and refining precious metals to the crafts of minting and assaying specie. Likely made to decorate the offices of the Masters-General of the Mints, who supervised mints in the Dutch Republic, Allegory of Coinage encouraged these officials to p... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | book-chapter |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
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Amsterdam University Press
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| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26629747 |
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| Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789463726078_ch02 |
Attributed to Romeyn de Hooghe, Allegory of Coinage envisions the global horizons of Dutch monetary governance. The central female personification, Moneta of Holland, receives tributaries from Africa, America, and Asia. Bearing sacks of silver and gold, these male laborers appear within a hybrid landscape that visually relates the technologies for mining and refining precious metals to the crafts of minting and assaying specie. Likely made to decorate the offices of the Masters-General of the Mints, who supervised mints in the Dutch Republic, Allegory of Coinage encouraged these officials to perceive how their governance of the material production of coins was embedded in a global division of labour for sourcing and distributing precious metals.