Object types
print (scope note | all objects)
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
etching (scope note | all objects)
Production person
After Esaias van de Velde (biographical details | all objects)
Print made by Claes Jansz Visscher (biographical details | all objects)
Published by Claes Jansz Visscher (biographical details | all objects)
Date
1614 (after)
Schools /Styles
Dutch (scope note | all objects)
Description
The beached sperm whale at Noordwijk. Coastal scene with the dead whale on the sand, seen in profile to right, one man standing on the whale and holding a measuring rope, another standing at the tail with the end of the rope, others standing around the animal, two dogs in lower right; a lettered cartouche flanked by men wearing fur hats; copy after Esaias van de Velde. c.1614
Etching
Inscriptions
Inscription Content: Lettered in cartouche in lower centre: "Esijas Vanden Velde Iventor / CIVisscher Excud:".
Lettered in Dutch in lower margin: "Ware Afbeeldine vande Pot-Walvisch, gestrant bÿ Noortwijck op Zee, den 28 December 1614, lanck zijnde 52 Roede voeten, voor aenden muÿl breet 9, en de staert 12 roe Voeten.".
Dimensions
Height: 170 millimetres (trimmed)
Width: 309 millimetres
Curator's comments
This is a copy in same direction after Esaias van de Velde, for comment see Z,1.1.
Lit.: Ingrid Faust, 'Zoologische Einblattdrucke und Flugschriften vor 1800, Band IV: Wale, Sirenen, Elefanten', Stuttgart, 2002, cat.no. 553.
Subject
mammal (all objects)
coastal scene (all objects)
Associated events
Associated Event Beaching of sperm whale at Noordwijk
1614 (28 December)
Acquisition date
1914
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