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Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Shipping on the IJ at Amsterdam
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Shipping on the IJ at Amsterdam

Artist Ludolf Bakhuizen (Dutch, 1630-1708)
Date1701
MediumEtching on laid paper
Dimensions6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (17.1 x 24.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 17 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (44.5 × 54.6 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LinePurchase, with funds provided from the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Art Purchase Fund
Object number2001.34.1.5
Terms
  • Sailboats
  • Ships
  • Boat
  • Marine
  • Seascape
  • Black
  • White
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a set of ten etchings with the title plate. This etching depicts six ships: from left to right, a flute, a kaag, an unknown type of vessel, a rowboat, a ship of the line, and a wijd-or smalschip. Shown slightly fainter, there is another vessel in front of the large ship (of the line). The shoreline is in the background.

Label TextLudolf Bakhuizen Dutch, 1630–1708 The River IJ and Seascapes, 1701 Etchings (prints) on laid paper By the 1600s, Western Europe became one of the most technologically advanced regions of the world and its wealth soared. Printmakers produced series celebrating this natural bounty, material abundance, and technological achievement. Here, Ludolf Bakhuizen catalogues the seafaring prowess of his native Holland with a survey of Dutch nautical craft—from men-of-war and royal yachts to mere rowboats—under weather conditions ranging from windless calm to howling tempest. The series begins with the title page, in Dutch, at upper left. The next print depicts the female personification of Amsterdam riding the waves in the city’s harbor in the triumphal car of the sea-god Neptune—a proud declaration of Amsterdam’s role as Holland’s premier port. Museum purchase 2001.34.1.1–.11