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Reproduction of a copper engraving made by Petrus Schenk depicting a Dutch warship Adolf van der Laan - Etching: East Indians and a frigate. Adolf van der Laan. Born ca. 1690, died 1742. Lived and worked in Amsterdam. Active as an artist since 1716. His hand included three series of etchings, namely: - Sea, land and power lust, consisting in (...) Verscheyde Faces Binnen and Buytenlandsche Vaartuygen and Scheepen (...) in 't Kooper brought by A. van der Laan. - Groote Visserij, at Petrus Schenk in the Warmoesstraat (...) - Kleine Visserij. This etching comes from 'Sea, land and stream lust'., Literature: - Jan Pluis, 'The influence of the etchings of A. van der Laan on the tile painters of ship pictures' in: Jaarboek Fries Scheepvaart Museum 1966, pp. 53-87. Source: http://friesscheepvaartmuseum.nl/collectie/vragen-in-de-beeldcollectie/indeling/detail/start/21?q_searchfield=petrus+schenk
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