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Shooting and Skinning a Polar Bear, 1597
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Shooting and Skinning a Polar Bear, 1597

anonymous · 1615 - 1617 · engraving; paper

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

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Shooting and skinning a polar bear near the Behouden Huys, 12 February 1597. Copies of the original illustrations in the travel report of the voyage of Willem Barendsz and Jacob van Heemskerck in 1596-1597 and the stay on the island of Nova Zembla, No. 18.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printhistorieprentWillem Barendsz.Jacob van HeemskerckNova Zembla
Credit lineSchieten en villen van een ijsbeer, 1597. 1615 - 1617. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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