The Golden Age maritime republic whose VOC trading company, Rembrandt and Vermeer painterly mastery, and Amsterdam city cosmopolitan tolerance made it the most commercially and artistically innovative empire in modern Europe.
Dutch Empire — the maritime republic whose Dutch East India Company, the VOC, established in 1602 as the world's first publicly traded joint-stock company, became the most capitalistically innovative and most globally extended trading enterprise in the history of early modern commerce, its fleet at peak strength the most numerous and most commercially productive merchant navy in the world, controlling the spice trade from the Banda Islands, the silk and porcelain trade from Japan and China, and the most profitable colonial network in the history of seventeenth-century European expansion. Their Golden Age painters — Rembrandt van Rijn whose chiaroscuro portraits penetrated the most psychologically profound and most humanistically searching depths of the human face, Vermeer whose domestic interiors captured the most luminously intimate and most philosophically meditative quality of northern light in the history of Western painting — made the Dutch Republic the most artistically productive small nation in the entire history of European civilization, their canvases the most enduringly valued and most universally beloved in the history of the art market. This interactive sweatshirt connects you to that VOC and Golden Age painting legacy with a QR code linking to the full story.
HERITAG is a purpose-driven brand that celebrates cultural diversity and awareness. Wear and share your social identity and culture heritage with a unique collection of interactive sweatshirts that carry historical flags of Holland. Create informative and fun moments by inviting people to scan the visible QR code and learn about the proud history of the Netherlands.
Making products on demand instead of in bulk also helps reduce overproduction, and this quality sweatshirt is made especially for you as soon as you place an order.
Few more things to know about this sweatshirt: • Scannable QR code printed on the back for an interactive and fun experience • Designed to educate about a nation's proud history milestones and rich culture • Custom print-on-demand • 50% cotton, 50% polyester • Unisex regular fit, sturdy and warm, pre-shrunk soft-feel fabric • Double-needle stitched spandex collar, shoulders, armholes, cuffs, and hem
