Description:
This stained-glass panel features a nautical scene depicting a large sail battleship, the so-called "ship of the line," with multiple masts and billowing sails near shore. The two tri-color flags of red, white, and blue bands suggest the ownership of the Dutch Republic at that time. The ship is equipped with cannons. One of the cannons has just fired; you can see flames and smoke rising from it. The back is adorned with elaborate wood carvings and golden decorations, including a coat of arms. On the left, near the horizon line, you can see the landscape with a robust fortified compound. Behind its walls is a domed building with a crescent moon, a symbol of Islam. In the lower portion of the pane, there's an ornate scroll with a script indicating a caption or dedication related to the image above and an inscription with the date "Anno 1669". (Tomasz Andrzej Grzybowski, 2024)
Inscription: on banderol at top: Anno 1669 (year 1669)
on cartouche below: De Heer Jacob de Waerder / Raedt oudt Schepen en Dijkgraef / Anno 1669 (The Gentleman Jacob de Waerder / former Elderman and Dike Reeve / the year 1669)
Label Text:
Like its counterpart (2018.207), this panel features a fully rigged warship with multiple masts, cannons, elaborate wood carvings, a coat of arms, and tricolor flags of the Dutch Republic. Flames and smoke are rising from the cannon that just fired. To the left, there is a fortress and a domed building with a crescent moon referring to Islam. This scene likely refers to the end of the Makassar War of 1666–1669, when the Dutch East India Company destroyed the Gowa Sultanate’s strongest fortress in Somba Opu (present-day Makassar, Indonesia).
Maria Timina, 2025
Tags:
seas; boats; text; weapons; patterns; symmetry; decoration and ornament; windows; design; vessels; flags Link to share this object record:
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