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The Ship of Fortune, by Rembrandt

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An image of The Ship of Fortune. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 113, mm, width, plate, 166 mm; height, sheet, 116 mm, width, sheet, 172 mm, 1633. Production Note: II/II. Notes: The print was used as an illustration to Elias Herckmans, 'Der Zee-Vaert Lof' (Praise of sea-faring), Amsterdam 1634, a narrative poem of sea-voyages from past to present 'as they touch on the fortunes of the world's rulers. This image shows the closure of the Temple of Janus after the defeat of Mark Anthony at Actium. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B111 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB33-E II/II; 1955.

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The Ship of Fortune. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 113, mm, width, plate, 166 mm; height, sheet, 116 mm, width, sheet, 172 mm, 1633. Production Note: II/II. Notes: The print was used as an illustration to Elias Herckmans, 'Der Zee-Vaert Lof' (Praise of sea-faring), Amsterdam 1634, a narrative poem of sea-voyages from past to present 'as they touch on the fortunes of the world's rulers. This image shows the closure of the Temple of Janus after the defeat of Mark Anthony at Actium. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B111 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB33-E II/II; 1955.

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  • Accession Number: AD.12.39-69
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 698 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 756.97kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2018:01:15 10:00:20

Key words

17th Century Ancient Rome architectural architecture Dutch etching female female nude Fitz_PDP Marcus Antonius Mark Antony nude print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Roman sailing sailing vessels sails sea faring sea voyages seascape ship of fortune ships temple Temple of Janus voyage

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