1765846 Apotheosis of the Dutch East India Company (Allegory of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of the VOC), 1702-46 (oil on canvas) by Verkolje, Nicolaes (1673-1746); 59.5?85 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: Allegorical scene with the female personification of the Amsterdam Chamber of the VOC enthroned. She wears a crown of ships, and holds a sword with laurel. Mercury, patron of travel, stands behind her and Neptune, god of the sea, in the water. Commemorates the centenary of the charter of the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC in 1602. ); Dutch, out of copyright.