Adriaen Collaert, Hans Bol, and others
The Whale Hunt
1581
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 81 × 219 mm. (3 3/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
Plate: 73 × 214 mm. (2 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.1871
One from the series of forty-eight engravings (title page plus forty-seven numbered plates) published by Philips Galle in Antwerp. Thirty-two from the series are by Adriaen Collaert and sixteen are by an unknown engraver; the series is dedicated to the humanist Paul de Kempenaer.
The complete series is in the Garrett Collection: 1946.112.1838 - 1946.112.1885.
Lara Yeager-Crasselt, BMA, "Watershed: Transforming the Landscape in Early Modern Dutch Art," February 9 - July 27, 2025.
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
