Walvis, washed ashore on 13 January 1601 at Beverwijk, Walvis (sperm whale) washed ashore on 13 January 1601 at Beverwijk. In the foreground count Ernst Casimir van Nassau, the painter with a paper in his hand with his drawing, a crowd of spectators and in the background on the left the sea, on the right the beach with cars and people. At the top you can see the head of the whale from two sides. In between a mission in Latin to Count Ernst Casimir by Saenredam, and the darkened sun and moon. Below that is an earthquake and the death that an arrow shoots at the Amsterdam Virgin as an allusion to the horrors expected by the arrival of the whale. In the caption a 32-line verse in Latin, swimming mammals: whale (dying animal, death of animal, dead animal), draftsman at work - CC - out of doors, clothes, costume (men's clothes), Beverwijk, Ernst Casimir Count of Nassau-Dietz, Jan Saenredam (mentioned on object), Aug-1602 and/or 1618, paper, engraving, h 410 mm × w 593 mm