The Personification of Amsterdam Riding in Neptune's Chariot

Ludolf Bakhuizen1701

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Title: The Personification of Amsterdam Riding in Neptune's Chariot
Creator: Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, 1631-1708), Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, 1631-1708)
Date Created: 1701
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 26.1 x 31.8 cm (10 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.); Platemark: 19.8 x 26 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Provenance: purchased from (FitzRoy Carrington)
Type: Portfolio
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.848.1
Medium: etching
State of work: iii/iii
Series: The River IJ and Seascapes
Inscriptions: top left, on flag, in plate: AMSTERDAM[in reverse] ; lower left, in plate: L. Bakhuizen fecit et exc: cum Privil: ord: Hollandiæ ; lower right, on barrel, in plate: LBAK[in reverse] ; lower center, in separate plate: Zoo bouwt men hier aan't Scheepryk Y / De Moerbalk van den Staat en Steeden, / Ten besten van't gemeen, in Leeden / Van de Indiaansche Maatschappy: / Zoo brengt men peerlen, wyd vant een in't ander Landt; / Daar Kristus Leer, geleert, gesticht werd, en geplant. / Ludolf Bakhuizen. ; lower left, in graphite: D.1. ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: 10ps_ak_00-"
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, early 18th century
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 1924.848.1

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