# The Courtyard of the Old Exchange in Amsterdam [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WITTE, Emanuel de]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on panel, 48 x 47,5 cm ## Commentary The expansion of Amsterdam's trade in the mid-17th century allowed the city to develop its extant banking system and commodity exchange services to the highest level of volume and sophistication in Europe. In its Exchange, merchants and brokers from all over the world traded goods, currency, rumours - and an unprecedented volume of stocks. Contemporary reports sketch the bustle in the new Exchange building designed by Hendrick de Keyser \(1565-1621\), the most respected architect and sculptor of his generation. Artists such as Emmanuel de Witte painted the busy throngs of domestic and foreign traders. ## Related artworks - [A Sermon in the Oude Kerk, Delft]() - [Church Interior]() - [Interior of a Baroque Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Church]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church \(detail\)]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church]() - [Interior of a Protestant Gothic Church]() - [Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()