Allegory of the power of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces as a sea power, Title page for: Francois Michel Janicon, etat present de la republique des Provinces-Unies, 1729-1730, Neptune bestows his trident, which symbolizes supremacy on the world's seas, on the personification of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. She holds in her hand a lance with freedom hat and is surrounded by the personifications of the East India Company (VOC) and the West India Company (WIC). On the right, Mercury points with his caduceus at the world map which is rolled out by a putto. In the lower margin a four-line French text. print maker: Bernard Picart, (workshop of), Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johannes van Duren (I), The Hague, 1728 and/or 1729 - 1730, paper, etching, engraving, height 147 mm x width 79 mm.