Armed Four-Master Sailing towards a Port

1565

Frans Huys

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 shows an etching of a large sailing ship on wavy waters with full sails and intricate rigging. The horizon is in the lower third with a distant landmass to the right, featuring buildings and birds in the sky. The precise lines depict movement in the water and sky. The color palette is monochrome with shades of grey and black defining textures and forms. Other smaller ships are visible in the distance, and the sky has swirling clouds rendered with cross-hatching.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 28 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.394

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 63, State iii/iv

  • Series Title

    Warships

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 41, repro.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

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. 63, state iii/iv.

Inscriptions

lower center, in image, in plate: FH [artist's monogram]

Wikidata ID

Q65508442

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