The Ship of Fortune, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Title(s)

The Ship of Fortune

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-194

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 123-2(2)
• Bartsch 111-2(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 111-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1633’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1633

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 112 mm × width 166 mm

What

• Fortuna as Roman personification
• Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Fortuna aurea', 'Fortuna buona', 'Fortuna pacifica overo clemente', 'Sorte' (Ripa)
• at the sight of the ruins of Carthage, C. Marius talks with a lictor about the cruel vicissitudes of fortune

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 197, cat.nr. 123
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700