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The image shows a maritime scene featuring two sailing ships on a choppy sea. The horizon is at the top third of the composition, with wispy clouds in the sky. Brushstrokes indicate movement in the sails and waves. The color palette includes shades of gray and black. Two large ships are detailed with rigging and sails, and a smaller vessel is seen in the distance. Flags on the masts suggest wind filling the sails.
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The image shows a maritime scene featuring two sailing ships on a choppy sea. The horizon is at the top third of the composition, with wispy clouds in the sky. Brushstrokes indicate movement in the sails and waves. The color palette includes shades of gray and black. Two large ships are detailed with rigging and sails, and a smaller vessel is seen in the distance. Flags on the masts suggest wind filling the sails.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Boeier and a Galliot

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman

Date
c. 1652 /1654
Medium
etching with drypoint on laid paper
Classification
Print
Accession number
2016.89.6
Credit line
The J. and H. Weldon Foundation Inc. and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Verscheÿde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam (Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam): Part I: plate 6

Subjects and terms

  • Flag
  • Ship
  • Water
  • Boat
  • Sea
Provenance

(Rob Kattenburg, Bergen); purchased by NGA, 2017.

Inscription

across bottom of plate: Een Boeÿer Een Galioot, a6

NGA object ID 210452. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.