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The image shows an etching of a seascape with an elevated viewpoint. The horizon line is low in the composition, with a cloudy sky above. The sea and ships are depicted with precise linear strokes. A larger ship is in the center, with billowing sails, and a smaller sailing vessel is positioned to the right. The etching is done in a monochrome palette of black and gray.
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The image shows an etching of a seascape with an elevated viewpoint. The horizon line is low in the composition, with a cloudy sky above. The sea and ships are depicted with precise linear strokes. A larger ship is in the center, with billowing sails, and a smaller sailing vessel is positioned to the right. The etching is done in a monochrome palette of black and gray.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Samoureus

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman

Date
c. 1652/1654
Medium
etching with drypoint on laid paper
Classification
Print
Accession number
2016.89.21
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 II : plate 9
Provenance

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

Inscription

lower center in plate: Een Sammoreus, / b9

NGA object ID 210467. 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.