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A Burnt Ship


Beschryving der nieuwlijks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde Slang-brand-spuiten
Jan van der Heyden (Dutch, 1637–1712)
Dutch
1690

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Platemark: 28.2 × 32 cm (11 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 29.6 × 33.4 cm (11 5/8 × 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.1083
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On display at Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, November 10, 2024 – February 9, 2025
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPrepared for and published with Jan van der Heyden, Beschryving der nieuwlijks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde Slang-brand-spuiten (Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertsz., 1690).

It is not clear whether this impression was extracted from a copy of the book, or issued separately. The MFA has a copy of the complete treatise (accession number 69.959).
ProvenanceMay 6 - 9, 1930, sale, Duplicates from the State Hermitage Museum and others sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 482, sold to P. and D. Colnaghi., Ltd., London; 1930, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA for £3.9.0 (for two prints). (Accession Date: July 1, 1930)