An Islamic Prophet Appearing in the Courtyard of a Prison in Alexandria, 1706 or shortly before, Pen and black ink, gray wash, over a sketch in red chalk, incised for transfer; double framing line in pen and brown ink, probably by the artist, sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 1/16 in. (13. 5 x 17. 9 cm), Drawings, Jan Goeree (Dutch, Middelburg 1670?1731 Amsterdam), As one of the seventeenth century?s great seafaring nations, the Dutch were particularly interested in the exotic, even if their point of view rarely transcended that of their own culture. In this scene, a man appears in the courtyard of an Alexandrian prison, who is held to be a prophet by the Muslims surrounding him and in the foreground at left, while the Westerners in the background make fun of him