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Whale Stranded at Berckhey, 1598
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The whale (potvis) stranded on 2 February 1598 on the beach at Berckhey between Katwijk and Scheveningen. With many visitors on the beach, in the foreground some riders, behind the animal a procession of people and carriages, to the left the sea. With inscriptions of 3 times 2 lines in Latin and 3 times 4 lines in Dutch.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineWalvis gestrand bij Berckhey, 1598. 1598. Jacob Matham. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
