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Naval Battle in the Straits of Messina

1561

Frans Huys

Artist, Flemish, 1522 - 1562

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Frans Huys after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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Artwork overview

Medium

engraving
Credit Line

Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)
Accession Number

1970.13.1
Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 48, State ii/v

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. 48, state ii/v.

Wikidata ID

Q65508447

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