Armed Four-Master Sailing towards a Port

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 shows an engraving of a large sailing ship viewed from a low, rear angle. The ship's towering masts and sails dominate the scene as it rides atop the waves. Fine lines detail the water, and additional ships and a coastal landscape are visible in the distance. The sky is filled with large clouds, drawn with hatching and cross-hatching techniques. The color palette is monochrome, creating contrast between the ship and the sky and sea.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.2 × 21.5 cm (11 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 63, State ii/iv

  • Series Title

    Warships

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. 63, state ii/iv.

Inscriptions

upper left, in image, in plate: .H. Cock exc.; upper right, in plate: Com. privilegio; lower center, in image, in plate: FH [artist's monogram]

Wikidata ID

Q65223871

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