The "Salemander," an East-Indian Merchantman
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
2016.89.10
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 38, State ii/ii
Associated Artworks
See all 12 artworksVerscheÿde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam (Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam): Part I
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Cornelis Danckerts I
1647
Two Merchant-Men: the "Geele Fortuÿn," Trading in the Baltic, and the "Liefde," Trading in Norway
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Cornelis Danckerts I
1647
Herring-Busses
Cornelis Danckerts I, Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman
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: nos.38, ii/ii
Inscriptions
across bottom of plate: De Salemander een Oostindis Vaerder, / a10
Wikidata ID
Q77259974