The "Zwarte Beer" (Black Bear), a Dutch Greenlander
c. 1652/1654
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman
Artist, Dutch, 1623 or 1624 - 1664
Publisher, Dutch, c.1601 - 1656
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 Number
2016.89.19
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 47, State ii/ii
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Series Title
Verscheÿde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam (Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam): Part II :plate 7
Associated Artworks
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The Montalbans Tower in Amsterdam
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Cornelis Danckerts I
1647
Verscheÿde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam (Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam): Part II
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Cornelis Danckerts I
1647
The "Parel" (Pearl), an East Indiaman and the "Dubbele Arent" (Spread Eagle), a West Indiaman
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Cornelis Danckerts I
1647
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Rob Kattenburg, Bergen); purchased by NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 47, ii/ii.
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: De Swarte Beer een Groenlants Vaerder, / b7
Wikidata ID
Q77259989