"Cherches du Baleine dans la glace"
engraving
PRINTS - ENGRAVINGSProbst, Georg Balthasar
Germany
Circa 1750
10.31 x 15.50 x 0
Hand colored etching; whaling scene; German origin. Top, in reverse: "Cherches du Baleine dans la glace". Caption at bottom written in 4 languages: "Seylen in't ys, en soeken na de Walvis./ la Navagation dans la glace, et chercher du Baleine./ il Veleggiare nel ghiaccio, e cercare del Baleno./ Das Seeglen in Eiss, und suchen des Wallfisches." Left bottom: "Med. Folo no. 3". Center bottom: "Cum Priv. Sac. Caes. Majestatis." Right bottom: "Georg Balthasar Probst. Excud. A.V." Converted to gift 11/30/83. Ref: Kendall Prints, Fig. 233. Sheet 12-3/16"x16-1/2". C. 1750.
UNIDENTIFIED whaling vessel
1969.583