Luyken, Jan
1694

de Bootsgesel

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de Bootsgesel (Boat Journeyman)

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Small engraved print from a book of professions produced in 1694. Shows a Venetian sailor, with glass in hand (discarded bottles below) on shore with his sea chest. With a small poem below that ends in ' Myn Godt ! '. (Dutch translations accepted :] ).

By Amsterdam artists Jan and Casper Luyken in 'Spiegel van het Menselyk Bedryf.' Page 298.

CREATOR: Luyken, Jan

PUBLICATION DATE: 1694

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Netherlands

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Good

COLORING: Later hand-color

ENGRAVER: Unknown

SIZE: 3 " x 5 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

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