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Sophie and Captain Puff van Vlieten
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Sophie and Captain Puff van Vlieten

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki · 1777 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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In Königsberg, Captain Puff van Vlieten has taken care of Sophie. In the harbour, he gives an order to his ship's boy Cornelius. Behind Sophie and the captain stands a porter, probably with Herr Less's valuables on his back. Numbered in the upper right: 2.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printJohann Timotheus HermesharbourLiteratureporter, bearerseaman: sailor
Credit lineSophie en kapitein Puff van Vlieten. 1777. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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