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Fleet of Galleys Escorted by a Caravel


The Sailing Vessels
Frans Huys (Netherlandish, 1522–1562)
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 Platemark: 22.4 x 29 cm (8 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.2 x 32.9 cm (9 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.1077
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Van Bastelaer 107, i; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. III, Bruegel) 107; Orenstein (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Breugel) 71, i / ii
State I/II
Signed Signed in plate, lower left: . F . H .
Marks Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, MFA stamp with old accession number in graphite: 31998; in graphite: c.19786; 26; 107; Van Bast. 107 I; in ink: [?]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, within image, lower right: breugel [sic]; in margin, lower right: Cum.priuileg
ProvenanceMay, 1930, C. G. Boerner sale, Leipzig, lot 168; purchased from that sale by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 1, 1930)