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The Sailing Vessels
Dutch Hulk and a Boeier
The Sailing Vessels
Frans Huys (Netherlandish, 1522–1562)
and Possibly: Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–1578)
After: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
and Possibly: Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–1578)
After: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
possibly begun about 1561; completed 1564–5
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.2 x 19.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.5 x 19.4 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 24.5 x 19.4 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Simes Fund
Accession Number29.1883
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 098, i ; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, Bruegel) 98; Orenstein (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Bruegel) 62, i / ii
State
I/II
Signed
Not signed
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); recto, lower right, collector's stamp: [Friedrich August II; Lugt 971]; verso, collector's stamp in circle, in black: P [Petersen?; Lugt 2064]; in graphite: Bastelaer (Bruegel) 98 1[underlined]; 7112; MFA stamp with old accession number in graphite: 31604
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, on ship's stern: DIE SCIP 1564; left of lower center, in the waves: 1565
ProvenanceFriedrich August II (b. 1797 - d. 1854), Dresden; Petersen[?]; February, 1929, acquired by the MFA. (Accession Date: February 1, 1929)