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SIGNALS > NUMBER 118 > A QUESTION OF IDENTITY
RESEARCH AUTUMN 2017
A question of identity WHO IS THE MAN IN THE PORTRAIT?
A striking portrait of a Dutch navigator in the museum’s galleries poses a mystery. Is it Willem de Vlamingh, as has long been thought, or someone else? Dr Nigel Erskine examines the latest evidence.
01 01 Portrait of a Navigator by Jan Verkolje. The subject
was previously thought to be Dutch navigator Willem de Vlamingh. ANMM Collection 00019487