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- Title
A watercolour of a stranded sperm whale from the late seventeenth century.
- Authors
Barthelmess, Klaus
- Abstract
A manuscript album, known as Kungsboken, contains various documents of military relevance assembled during the rule of the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII. Among them is a watercolour depicting a stranded sperm whale. The painting is not signed or dated but is believed to have been done around 1675. It may be an illustration of a whale that was stranded on the north German coast, then part of the Swedish empire. The painting is an interesting example of anamorphosis.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; SPERM whale; SPERM whale in art; WATERCOLOR painting; SWEDISH watercolor painting; ANAMORPHOSIS (Visual perception); NATURAL history -- Pre-Linnean works; ART; REIGN of Charles XI, Sweden, 1660-1697; REIGN of Charles XII, Sweden, 1697-1718; SEVENTEENTH century
- Publication
Archives of Natural History, 2013, Vol 40, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
0260-9541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/anh.2013.0134