A Beach with Fishermen Cutting Up a Whale and the Prophet Elijah

1620s

Magdalena van de Passe, after Roelandt Savery and Adam Willaerts

Associated Names
Magdalena van de Passe

Artist, Dutch, 1600 - 1638

Crispijn van de Passe I

Publisher, Dutch, c. 1565 - 1637

Adam Willaerts

Artist After, Dutch, 1577 - 1664

The artwork depicts a coastal scene with a large sailing ship in the foreground. A rocky cliff is on the right with a figure looking outward. The horizon is high, showing calm water, distant landforms, and ship masts reaching towards the sky. The etching features detailed lines to depict water, ship, and rock textures, creating depth. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of gray and black. Additional ships are visible in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.5 × 34 cm (10 1/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
    plate: 21 × 26.6 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.103.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Emanuel von Baeyer, London)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co.: Vol XVI, no. 20, state only.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image: Et ait Helias Reuertere et aspice Septem vieibus, et factum est in Septima, et ecce nubes parua quasi vestigium viri ascendebat de mari / E Reg Cap. 18; in plate, at lower left: Adam Willeres Inuentor; in plate, at lower center: Magdalena van de pas fecit; in plate, at lower right: Crispin van de pas exud; verso: none

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