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More thoughts about . . .
“Seventeenth-century Dutch ship design drawings revisited”,
The ship drawings at the heart of your article are very beautiful, clearly created by very talented hands. They were produced at the height of the Dutch Renaissance.
Could it be they were intended as objects of art all along?
Perhaps commissioned by a sea captain or shipyard owner interested in decorating the walls of his home or office? The addition of some “technical” (if inaccurate) characteristics may have made them more appealing to the buyer.
Last edited by Michael Mash; 11-16-2023 at 07:28 PM.
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