Armed Three-Master with Daedalus and Icarus in the Sky

Frans Huys after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Associated Names
Frans Huys

Artist, Flemish, 1522 - 1562

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Artist After, Netherlandish, c. 1525/1530 - 1569

The image displays a nautical scene with a sailing ship on choppy waters. The horizon is high with landmasses and cliffs on the left side. Details show the ship's sails and rigging. The color palette is monochrome with sepia and gray tones. The scene is illuminated by a bright sun. Figures of Icarus and Daedalus are in the sky. A smaller boat is visible in the distance. Waves surround the ship's hull, creating a sense of movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 22.2 × 29.9 cm (8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.11.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 65, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Princes of Waldburg Wolfegg, Wolfegg (Lugt 2542)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1908

  • Bastelaer, Rene van. Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien. Brussels: G. van Oest et Cie, 1908.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Pieter Bruegel, Nadine Orenstein author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 65, state i/iii.

Inscriptions

lower left, in cartouche, in plate: .F.H. [artist's monogram] bruegel; in lower margin at bottom right, in plate: .Cum. privileg

Wikidata ID

Q65072352

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