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The Sailing Vessels
Armed Four-Master Putting Out to Sea
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)
1561–62
Medium/Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 22.5 x 29.3 cm (8 7/8 x 11 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 27.7 x 35.3 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 27.7 x 35.3 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession Number33.555
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 102; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, Bruegel) 102; Orenstein (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Bruegel), 66, i / i
State
I/I
Signed
Signed in plate, lower left: .F.H.; bruegel.
Marks
Watermark: jug with four-lobed flower above; verso, MFA stamp with old accession number in graphite: 32982
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in margin, lower right: .Cum.priuileg
ProvenanceMay 22-24, 1933, C. G. Boerner (dealer) sale, Leipzig, lot 181; March 2, 1933, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: March 2, 1933)