Allegory of Coinage; Allegorical representation of the monetary system. In the center sits on a throne the female personification of the coin system or money; dressed in Eastern dress with bare breasts and a silver horn filled with gold coins on her lap. On the left Mercury with two slaves; in the background mining and melting furnaces for gold and silver. Two smiths or coin makers on the right. With her feet the personification treads a number of symbolic objects: mask; snake and purse. On the left a rooster in front of an obelisk with Hebrew letters and crowned by a portrait bust. On a table next to the personification stands a scale in a black wooden box; slavery; serfs and slaves; Romeyn de Hooghe; 1670 - 1708; canvas; oil paint (paint); h 135 cm x w 178 cm d 8.3 cm