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Object Type
print
Museum number
1864,0611.111
Title
Series:
Sailing Vessels
Description
Armed Three-Master on the Open Sea, accompanied by a Galley; large ship with guns at full sail in centre, seen from left; a large imperial pennant flaps from its mast; smaller galley to the left; second state with address of Hieronymus Cock; after Pieter Bruegel the Elder. c.1565 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Frans Huys
After:
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Published by:
Hieronymus Cock
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1560-1562
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
310 millimetres
Width:
244 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment on the series see 1864,0611.112.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(64.II)
(Pieter Bruegel)
Bastelaer 1908 / Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien
(100.I)
Lebeer 1969 / Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'ancien
(43.I)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(100.I)
(after Pieter Bruegel)
Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher
(54)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
boat/ship
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Robert Cook
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(6-7.vi.1864/368)
Purchased through:
Edward Daniell
Acquisition date
1864
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1864,0611.111