Mercurius, de god van de handel, en Phoebus, de zonnegod, door Amerika ontvangen

Andriessen was wellknown as a wallpaper painter. This is a painting for a doorpanel, and representents the Dutch trade with America. On the reverse side of the design for this painting, Andriessen has written ‘Phoebus or the Sun and mercury or Commerce both courting America’.

Mercurius, de god van de handel, en Phoebus, de zonnegod, door Amerika ontvangen

Andriessen was wellknown as a wallpaper painter. This is a painting for a doorpanel, and representents the Dutch trade with America. On the reverse side of the design for this painting, Andriessen has written ‘Phoebus or the Sun and mercury or Commerce both courting America’.