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The Sailing Vessels
Armed Three-Master Anchored near a City
The Sailing Vessels
Frans Huys (Netherlandish, 1522–1562)
After: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
After: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
about 1561–62
Medium/Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.9 x 28.7 cm (8 5/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number41.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 103; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, Bruegel) 103; Orenstein (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Bruegel) 67, i / ii
State
only state
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: .F.H. bruegel.
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not identified); verso, in graphite: Van Bast. 103; MFA stamp with old accession number in graphite: 35620
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in the lower margin, to the right: .Cum. priuileg
ProvenanceRichard H. Zinser (dealer; b. 1884 - d. 1984; Lugt 5581), Forest Hills, New York; 1941, sold by Zinser to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 9, 1941)