Two Merchant-Men: the "Geele Fortuÿn," Trading in the Baltic, and the "Liefde," Trading in Norway
c. 1652 /1654
Artist, Dutch, 1623 or 1624 - 1664
Publisher, Dutch, c.1601 - 1656
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching with drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
The J. and H. Weldon Foundation Inc. and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
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Accession
2016.89.4
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 32, ii/iii
Associated Artworks
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The "Salemander," an East-Indian Merchantman
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Cornelis Danckerts I
1647
Herring-Busses
Cornelis Danckerts I, Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman
1647
The Haringpakkers Tower in Amsterdam
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Cornelis Danckerts I
1647
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Rob Kattenburg, Bergen); purchased by NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2018
Water, Wind, and Waves: Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2018, unnumbered brochure.
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al., Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 32, ii/iii
Inscriptions
across bottom of plate: t'Geele Fortuÿn een Ooster-Vaerder. De Liefde een Noorts-Vaerder, / a4
Wikidata ID
Q77259963