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The image displays a nautical scene with a sailing ship on choppy waters. The horizon is high with landmasses and cliffs on the left side. Details show the ship's sails and rigging. The color palette is monochrome with sepia and gray tones. The scene is illuminated by a bright sun. Figures of Icarus and Daedalus are in the sky. A smaller boat is visible in the distance. Waves surround the ship's hull, creating a sense of movement.
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The image displays a nautical scene with a sailing ship on choppy waters. The horizon is high with landmasses and cliffs on the left side. Details show the ship's sails and rigging. The color palette is monochrome with sepia and gray tones. The scene is illuminated by a bright sun. Figures of Icarus and Daedalus are in the sky. A smaller boat is visible in the distance. Waves surround the ship's hull, creating a sense of movement.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Armed Three-Master with Daedalus and Icarus in the Sky

Frans Huys after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate): 22.2 × 29.9 cm (8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1946.11.10
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Warships

Subjects and terms

  • Netherlandish
  • engraving
  • Ship
  • Sun
  • boy
  • portrait
  • Sea
  • Man
Provenance

Princes of Waldburg Wolfegg, Wolfegg (Lugt 2542)

Inscription

lower left, in cartouche, in plate: .F.H. [artist's monogram] bruegel; in lower margin at bottom right, in plate: .Cum. privileg

NGA object ID 32993. 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.