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Stranded Grey Seal on the Beach at Zandvoort, 1594
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Stranded Grey Seal on the Beach at Zandvoort, 1594

1594 · letterpress printing; etching; engraving; paper

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

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Two men measure a porpoise, a small whale, stranded at Zandvoort, 21 November 1594. Several onlookers on the beach. With a four-line Latin inscription. Printed separately below the plate, two verses of seven lines each in Dutch.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineGestrande griend op het strand bij Zandvoort, 1594. 1594. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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