The Ship of Fortune, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Title(s)

The Ship of Fortune

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1987-187

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’
• mark: Lugt 2228 a

Artist

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

Dating

1633

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 113 mm × width 164 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

Credit line

• J. Wyss Bequest, Hartford

Acquisition

bequest 1987

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, cat.nr. 111
• Bij een aanwinst. De tweede staat van Rembrandts ets De aanbidding der herders: een nachtstuk, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, p. 171
• Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum 1987, p. 34.