Sperm Whale Stranded on the Beach between Zandvoort and Wijk aan Zee

(Hendrik) Henricus Spilman (Netherlandish, 1721–1784)

Jan Augustini (Dutch, 1725 – 1773)

Jacobus Luberti Augustini (Dutch, 1748 – 1822)

1762

Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving

DimensionsImage: 24.6 x 40.5 cm (9 11/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.7 x 43.5 cm (11 5/16 x 17 1/8 in.)

Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession number2016.373

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InscriptionsIn plate, center: Aftekening van een cachelot den 20 febr 1762 tussen Zandvoort en Wyk op Zee, aan strand gedreeven groot 61 voet 6 duum. [Drawing of a sperm whale that drifted onto the beach between Zandvoort and Wijk aan Zee on 20 February 1762. Length 61 feet, 6 inches.] In plate, lower left: I. Augustini, ad viv. del. In plate, lower right: H. Spilman, schu

ProvenanceMay 30, 2013, anonymous sale (sale 101), Bassenge, Berlin, lot 5427, sold to Dr. E. H. Ariëns-Kappers, Amsterdam (dealer); 2016, sold by Ariëns-Kappers to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2016)