print
- Museum number
- 1846,0509.272
- Description
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The beached sperm whale near Berkhey; the dead whale lying on the sand, the head to right, two men standing on the whale, one cutting into the flesh with an axe; a group of people gather around the tail end and attempt to measure the length of the body, another bystander clambers on the member of the whale; beyond, crowds making their way to the spectacle. 1598
Engraving
- Production date
- 1598
- Dimensions
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Height: 317 millimetres
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Width: 428 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A preparatory drawing by Goltzius in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, inv.no.N80 (Reznicek 419).
Literature: Ingrid Faust, 'Zoologische Einblattdrucke und Flugschriften vor 1800, Band IV: Wale, Sirenen, Elefanten', Stuttgart, 2002, cat.no.540; H. Leeflang and G.Luijten, 'Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, prints and paintings', exh.cat. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York and Toledo Museum of Art Ohio, 2003, cat.no.65; Susan Dackerman et al., 'Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe', Yale UP, 2011, cat.no.46.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2007/8 Oct-Feb, BM P&D, Whales in Print
- Acquisition date
- 1846
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1846,0509.272
