Allegory of the power of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces as a sea power, Neptune bestows his trident, which symbolizes domination of the world's seas, on the personification of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces. 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), 1730, paper, etching, engraving, height 136 mm x width 80 mm.