A shipyard in Italy in which broken ships are being repaired. Etching by M. Küssell after J.W. Baur.

  • Baur, Johann Wilhelm, 1607-1642.
Date:
[1681?]
Reference:
2982885i
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Description

In the foreground a Turkish man and a sailor accompanied by a dog are talking to two other people. In the left background a man is preparing pitch on a fire for caulking the ships

Publication/Creation

[Augsburg], [1681?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 13.2 x 20.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Sguerro oder Platz alwa die gebrochne Schiff repariert werden. J.W. Baur inv. Cum privilegio S.C.M. Melchior Küsell fecit Bears number: 36 (pasted on to the impression). The German lettering is in letterpress outside the platemark

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2982885i

Reproduction note

After a gouache by Baur in the opposite direction, in the Albertina, Vienna (no. 3476).

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