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.
- Date:
- 1649
- Reference:
- 35414i
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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
Publication/Creation
1649
Physical description
1 print : etching ; sheet 12 x 15 cm
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Creator/production credits
Copied by Schaep from an etching by Cornelis de Wael, 1647, and printed in reverse to de Wael's etching
Reference
Wellcome Collection 35414i
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