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Dirck Hartogh dish
Also titled Dirck Hartogh-schotel
1616-10-25
- Medium
- tin (metal)
- Classification
- platter
- Dimensions
- diameter 3 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
‘Arrived here on 25 October 1616’ is the message of this flattened pewter dish. En route to Java, VOC captain Dirck Hartogh accidentally happened upon Australia’s west coast. Before sailing on he had the date, the ship’s name and destination, and the names of the most important crewmembers scratched into this dish. He nailed it to a pole, where it hung exposed to the elements until another Dutch captain found and took it along close to 80 years later.
