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The image shows two sailboats moving through choppy waters. The perspective is slightly elevated, offering a broad view of the boats cutting through the waves. The horizon is low with a hint of structures or land visible in the far distance on the right. The scene is depicted using intricate linework and hatching to show the movement of the sea and texture of the sails. The color palette is monochromatic, with varying shades of black and gray. The sky is cloudy, giving a sense of a blustery day at sea, and birds are sketched in flight.
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The image shows two sailboats moving through choppy waters. The perspective is slightly elevated, offering a broad view of the boats cutting through the waves. The horizon is low with a hint of structures or land visible in the far distance on the right. The scene is depicted using intricate linework and hatching to show the movement of the sea and texture of the sails. The color palette is monochromatic, with varying shades of black and gray. The sky is cloudy, giving a sense of a blustery day at sea, and birds are sketched in flight.

National Gallery of Art · Print

An "Isere" Vessel and a Waterschip or Zuiderzee Fishing-Boat

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman

Date
c. 1652 /1654
Medium
etching with drypoint on laid paper
Classification
Print
Accession number
2016.89.12
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 12

Subjects and terms

  • Ship
  • inscription
  • calligraphic
  • Boat
  • Sea
Provenance

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

Inscription

across bottom of plate: Een Isere Vareken, Een Waterschip of Zuÿerzese Visser, / a12

NGA object ID 210458. 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.