Allegory of the freedom of trade

Lairesse, Gerard de (1640-1711)

Item type:

mural

Date of creation:

1671

Technique / Medium:

mural painting

Place of creation:

Amsterdam

Description

One of three ceiling paintings in 1671 for the Amsterdam regent, Andries de Graeff at his mayor’s residence in Amsterdam. The ceiling paintings are now located in the Ferdinand Bol room at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The ceiling paintings can be understood as a visual statement opposing the return of the House of Orange as Stadtholders of the republic.

Iconclass

51E11(+3)
Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept)
92D1916(+7)
cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' (+ specific aspects, allegorical aspects)
46B0
allegory of trade; 'Commertio della vita humana' (Ripa)
48C7344(TRIANGLE)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle [3005] (While flying in the sky, a putto plays the triangle among other putti playing musical instruments.)
Wind instruments [3730] (putto plays two small straight wind instruments flared at the bottom)
Tambourine [2746]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Berry, Mark. Index of triangle iconography (Bowling Green, Kentucky: Living Sound Publications, 2017).

RIdIM record id

7142

Data provider

Dr. Mark Berry