Antique Print of the Government of the Dutch East India Company by Chatelain (1719)

Description: Antique print titled 'Gouvernement de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales (..)'. Old print depicting the organization of the VOC with in the middle the seventeen directors (Heren Zeventien), on the left side the six chambers (Amsterdam, Middelburg, Rotterdam, Delft, Hoorn, Enkhuizen) and on the right side the four councils, with explanatory text. Originates from Chatelain's monumental seven volume 'Atlas Historique'.

Artists and Engravers: Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743), his father Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754), worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L'Histoire under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication.