Caption

The Flying Dutchman, well-known legend about a captain who is doomed to cruise the world's oceans with his ghost ship until Doomsday without ever being able to visit a port or die, 1880, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical

Date

Jan 20, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26B83_493

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

29.1Mb (4.2Mb) / 8.5in x 13.3in / 2539 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

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