Islamitische galeislaven bij een fontein 1647

Cornelis de Wael's 1647 etching, "Islamitische galeislaven bij een fontein", depicts a scene of enslaved Muslim galley rowers at a fountain. The work is characteristic of de Wael's detailed and often graphic depictions of scenes from daily life during the Dutch Golden Age, specifically highlighting the brutal realities of the slave trade. The etching shows a group of men, likely captured during a naval battle, performing their daily tasks under the watchful eye of a guard. The scene is rendered with a sense of realism, capturing the exhaustion and desperation of the enslaved men.