Box of the Dutch West India Company, Jean Saint (attributed to), 1749
gold (metal), h 5.8cm × l 18.0cm × w 11.9cm × w 614gr More details
Stadholder William IV received this box in 1749 as the new governor of the Dutch West India Company (WIC). The decorations on the box refer to the WIC’s activities: trading in gold, ivory, and people. A European can be seen to the left of the man with the elephant’s tusk. He gives money to another man while pointing to two adults and a child. It is one of the few known images of the slave trade.
