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Engraving depicting a view of a rocky shore with three men gathered about, with baskets of oysters around them, and vessels visible in the background.

Roccailles are a sort of mollusk with a distinctive shell; the motif of that shell is a recurring theme in Rococco style, and the word is considered a potential source of the term "Rococco".


fishing
1709-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Gueroult
ink; laid paper
3 in x 4 1/4 in
Netherlands: Amsterdam