The sailing chariot of Simon Stevin, 1602, Currus veliferi illustrissimi principis Mauritii volitantes duabus horis Scheverina Pettemum ad quatuordecim milliaria Hollandica, quae singula iustae horae iter excedunt (title on object), The sailing chariot of Simon Stevin, 1602. Prince Maurits makes together with a group friends a trip on the beach from Scheveningen to Petten in the sailing wagon built by Simon Stevin, April-May 1602. In the middle the prince sits among his friends in the large wagon. Below this is a stone tablet with an inscription in Latin (the dedication). On the right a small sailing wagon, probably a prototype, with a few people on board. On the beach spectators, fishermen and two riders. Top left a cartouche filled in with text in Latin. At the top right a cartouche filled in with text in French. At the bottom a woodcut with some figures and a schematic representation of the sailing chariot. Composed of three plates and several text pages, mounted and framed., print, print maker: Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, (mentioned on object), after design by: Jacques de Gheyn (II), (mentioned on object), print maker: Christoffel van Sichem (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: Leiden, print maker: Leiden, publisher: Amsterdam, publisher: Leiden, 1603, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, height c. 700 mm × width c. 1490 mm, height, 100.8 cm × width, 188.6 cm × depth, 2.8 cm
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