# Launching a Ship

- By: Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, 1631–1708)
- Date: 1701
- Medium: etching
- Classification: Portfolio
- Dimensions: Sheet: 21.9 x 29.5 cm (8 5/8 x 11 5/8 in.); Platemark: 17.8 x 24 cm (7 x 9 7/16 in.)
- Culture: Netherlands, early 18th century
- Credit line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.848.8)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1924.848.8/1924.848.8_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)