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Auction 124, Lot 730

"Een Walvisch, Lang 70 voeten, Gestrandt op de Hollandtse zee-kust, tusschen Schevelingen en Katwyk, in Sprokkelmaandt", Leti, Gregorio

Subject: Whaling

Period: 1690 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13 x 10 inches
33 x 25.4 cm
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This fascinating copper engraving by W. van der Gouwen after Goltzius depicts an entire village joining in the harvest of a whale. The title explains that the huge whale (70 feet long) beached on the Dutch coast in 1598.

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Condition: A

Narrow (less than 1/8") right margin, else fine.

Estimate: $350 - $400

Sold for: $275

Closed on 5/7/2008

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