Antique Print of a Beached Whale by Van der Gouwen 'c.1680'

Reference
BG-05100
Date
1680
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
51.5 x 57.5 cm (20.3 x 22.6 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 1,500

Antique print titled 'Een Walvisch lang zo voeten, gestrandt op de Hollandtse zee-kust, tusschen Schevelingen en Katwyk, in Sprokkelmaandt, 1598'. Beautiful original antique print of the beach between Scheveningen and Katwijk, the Netherlands. It depicts a large sperm whale that has washed ashore and may figures. Engraved by Gilliam van der Gouwen after Jacob Matham. Published circa 1680.

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