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Today's Image of the Day: Tuesday, February 9
Rembrandt Van Rijn
The Ship of Fortune
1964.178.001
period
17th century
date
1633
object name
print
object type
intaglio
medium
etching
support
paper
height
11.4
cm
width
16.8
cm
culture
Dutch
subject
Romans Marc Antony Actium defeat people
credit
Dr. Gustav and Marie Schilder Collection
Description
A book illustration depicting the closing of the Temple of Janus after Marc Antony's defeat at Actium; Fortune,the woman in the boat, has turned her back on him and is sailing away. This somewhat obscure etching was used as an illustration to E. Herckmann's 'Der Zee-Vaert Lof' ( The Praise of Seafaring) Amsterdam, 1634. The image seems to relate to the opening of the peace talks between the Dutch & the Spanish after the Battle of Slaak 13 September 1631. Fortune has turned her back against the Spanish, who are forced to admit that they could go on no longer. Dame Fortune however smiles upon the Dutch & with the Temple of Janus finally closed she will contribute to the welfare of the country by a new period of prosterity in navigation.
posted by: HARRIET JOSEPHER, 1/19/2008 1:52:27 PM
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Callot, Jacques
Les Miseres et les Malheurs de la Guerre (plate #4)
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