A Stranded Whale on the Beach Between Zandvoort and Wijk aan Zee on 20 February, 1762

1762

Not on view

The blustery conditions depicted in this etching contrast with the stillness of the adult male sperm whale, already dead for some time before it washed up on the shore near Haarlem in February 1762. Nearby, two women sell fish and an artist sketches; behind the whale stands a collection box to benefit the poor.

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Title: A Stranded Whale on the Beach Between Zandvoort and Wijk aan Zee on 20 February, 1762
Artist: Hendrik Spilman (Dutch, Amsterdam 1721–1784 Haarlem)
Artist: After Jacobus Luberti Augustini (Dutch, Haarlem 1748–1822 Haarlem)
Date: 1762
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 5/16 × 21 7/16 in. (41.5 × 54.5 cm)
Plate: 10 7/8 × 16 11/16 in. (27.7 × 42.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Clifford A. Furst, by exchange, 1974
Object Number: 1974.547.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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