Living luxuriously in Ignorance:
Then and Now
Dutch Whaling: At Whose Expense?
Information About the Whalebone Plaques
Amalia van Solms (1601-1675), Wife of Stadtholder Frederik Hendrik
Description:
Made in 1626, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
Material: Whalebone,
Inscription bottom: QUID REDDAM / DOMINO (What Shall I Render to the Lord)
Artists:
John Osborn (1584 - 1634), whaleworker
Johannes (I) Lutma (1584 - 1669) (gold and silversmith)
after Jacob Willemsz Delft (etcher)
after Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566-1641) (painter)
Amsterdam Museum Collection