Two men wearing turbans standing in a harbour converse with a sailor while sailors and captives are seated on the ground. Etching by M. Schaep, 1649, after C. de Wael.

  • Wael, Cornelis de, 1592-1667.
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1649
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35414i
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Two men wearing turbans standing in a harbour converse with a sailor while sailors and captives are seated on the ground. Etching by M. Schaep, 1649, after C. de Wael. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Possibly Turkish or North African traders ("Barbary pirates"?) with slavers and their captives. One of the seated sailors is smoking a pipe and the two captives wear ankle irons. Left, an Italian stone fountain surmounted by a winged putto kneeling

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1649

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1 print : etching ; sheet 12 x 15 cm

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Wellcome Collection 35414i

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Copied by Schaep from an etching by Cornelis de Wael, 1647, and printed in reverse to de Wael's etching

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