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Hauling a Grain Barge to the Shore, 69-70
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Hauling a Grain Barge to the Shore, 69-70

Antonio Tempesta · 1612 · etching; paper

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

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The Batavians manage to pull a stranded boat loaded with grain to the shore. Print number 12 in the series of prints on the Batavian Revolt: Batavorum cum Romanis bellum / à Corn. Tacito lib. IV & V. : Hist. olim descriptum, figuris nunc aeneis expressum, auctore Othone Vaenio Lugdunobatava = De Batavische oft oude Hollandtsche oorloghe teghen de Romeynen. Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612. At the bottom, two verses of four lines in Dutch and Latin. No text on the reverse.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSlepen van een korenschuit naar de oever, 69-70. 1612. Antonio Tempesta. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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