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The Sailing Vessels
Four-Master and Two Three-Masters Anchored Near a Fortified Island with a Lighthouse
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 (engraved border): 22 x 28.6 cm (8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.1075
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Van Bastelaer 104, i; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, Bruegel) 104; Orenstein (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Breugel) 68, i / iii
State
I/III
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: .F.H.; bruegel
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, collector's mark in brown ink: P. Davidsohn [Lugt 654]; in graphite: c. 19784; ?Nagl. Mon II 2149.16 Folg[?]/8/1019 Cas M420; Van Bast 104 I; 25; MFA stamp with old accession number in graphite: 31996
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower right: .Cum. priuileg
ProvenancePaul Davidsohn (b. 1839 - d. 1924?; Lugt 654), London, Vienna, and Berlin. May 1930, C. G. Boerner sale, Leipzig, lot 165. purchase by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 1, 1930)