„The Threatened Swan“ – Jan Asselijn – Higherself x Art Departure – Organic Shopping-Bag

Wings wide, beak open — a single swan guards its nest.
Painted mid-17th century, Asselijn’s scene reads like nature caught in instinct. But later hands added meaning: “Holland”, “Enemy of the state”, “Grand Pensionary De Witt”. The bird became symbol, defender, martyr.

Reframed here as the seventh piece in the Higherself x Art Departure series — a portrait of resistance in motion, where nature and nation blur into one act of defiance.

Jan Asselijn, ca. 1650
Archiving Art – Seventh in Series

• Material: 80 % recycelte Baumwolle, 20 % recyceltes Polyester 
• Grammatur: 300 g/m²
• Größe: 49 x 37 cm
• Obere Kanten für robustes und hochwertiges Finish gefaltet
• Seitenfalte
• Lange Henkel mit verstärkendem Kreuzstich