The Shipwreck

c. 1595

Attributed to Simon Novellanus after Cornelis Cort

Associated Names
Simon Novellanus

Artist, German, active c. 1560/1590

Joris Hoefnagel

Publisher, Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Cornelis Cort

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1533 - 1578

The image shows a turbulent sea with debris and barrels scattered over the waves. In the distance, there is a small town with buildings, a tower on a rocky outcrop, and mountains and hills extending into the distance. The stormy sky is above the sea. The artwork is detailed with intricate line work resembling etching or engraving in black ink on paper, with shading and cross-hatching for texture and contrast. In the foreground, a figure is running from the chaos.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.469

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 236, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Cornelis Cort, Manfred Sellink author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 236, state i/ii.

1996

  • Serebrennikov, Nina Eugenia. "Imitating Nature / Imitiating Bruegel," Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, vol. 47, 1996, pp. 223-246.

Inscriptions

bottom center, in image beside figure of Ars, in plate: Omnia mea / mecum / porto (I carry all my possessions with me); in margin below image, in plate: Tales opes sunt comparandae, quae navi fracta una cum domino queant enatare (such riches must be acquired [namely] those that may be rescued from the sea in a shipwreck along with their master),// Res est multa omnium pretiosissima / omnibus hominibus ad vivendum, ARS. // Caetera enim et tempus, et mutationes / Fortunae absumunt, Ars autem conservatur. (By far the most precious thing to live for, for all people is Art, for Fate takes away all else, with time and vicissitudes of life, but Art is preserved.) // Cornelius Cort Battavus fec: / excud: Hoef: cum prae: Caes:

Wikidata ID

Q65508201

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