What a crowd!

You can see in front of you an over 400-year-old market! Look at the picture. Can you find:

• a Roman god Mercury, the patron of traders? You can recognise him by a winged hat and the large scales in his hand!
• bankers counting coins at the tables?
• merchants from the East wearing turbans on their heads?
• people writing on the bottom of a barrel?
• workers tying parcels?
• a dog?
• miners transporting iron for blacksmiths?
• a sinking ship in the harbour?
• people putting parcels on a cart?

Jost Amman, Alegoria handlu (1585) Źródło: British Museum

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