3-085-119 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Mediterranean Harbour Scene, 1669. Sailors lower the sails; stevedores are already unloading the cargo. Among the goods is a globe, revealing its European origins-also alluded to by the cross and ‘Woman of the Apocalypse’ on the ship. Before an ancient funerary monument, a moustachioed merchant is evidently negotiating with a sumptuously dressed Oriental.