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The image shows a classic etching featuring two sailboats on a calm body of water. The viewpoint is slightly elevated, revealing the boats, the horizon with distant sails, and large clouds in the sky. The etching uses fine lines to create texture and detail in the sails, water, and figures on the boats. The color palette is monochromatic with various shades of grey and black. In the background, there are vague silhouettes of land and trees.
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The image shows a classic etching featuring two sailboats on a calm body of water. The viewpoint is slightly elevated, revealing the boats, the horizon with distant sails, and large clouds in the sky. The etching uses fine lines to create texture and detail in the sails, water, and figures on the boats. The color palette is monochromatic with various shades of grey and black. In the background, there are vague silhouettes of land and trees.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A "Friesland" Peatpot, and a "Dijnopschuit" or "Veense" Peatpot

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman

Date
c. 1652/1654
Medium
etching with drypoint on laid paper
Classification
Print
Accession number
2016.89.23
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 11
Provenance

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

Inscription

lower center in plate: Een Vriesse Turrif pott, Een Dÿnop ofte Veense Turrif pondt, / b 11

NGA object ID 210469. 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.