Whale, washed ashore on January 13, 1601, at Beverwijk

Whale (sperm whale), washed ashore on 13 January 1601 at Beverwijk. In the foreground Count Ernst Casimir of Nassau, the painter with a paper in his hand with his drawing, a crowd of onlookers and in the background on the left the sea; on the right the beach with wagons and people. At the top the head of the whale seen from two sides. Between them a dedication in Latin to Count Ernst Casimir by Saenredam, and the darkened sun and moon. Below an earthquake and Death shooting an arrow at the Amsterdam Maiden as a reference to the horrors expected with the arrival of the whale. In the caption a 32-line verse in Latin.