Armed Four-Master Putting Out to Sea

1565

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 scene featuring a ship sailing near a castle-like shore. The composition shows buildings along the coast with towers and spires reaching up to the sky. The style of the artwork is etching, with intricate cross-hatched lines depicting texture. The color scheme is monochromatic in shades of brown and sepia. Waves are detailed with lines to convey motion. Smaller boats with sails are visible closer to the shore, and there are fluffy clouds and birds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 22 × 28.7 cm (8 11/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
    mount: 27.5 × 36 cm (10 13/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.395

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 66, State only

Artwork history & notes

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. 66, state only.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q65508443

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