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The image shows an intricate engraving of a maritime scene. A large ship with billowing sails is in the center, with smaller boats around it. The horizon is high, with clouds partially covering the sun. The engraving is detailed with fine lines depicting the textures of clouds, waves, and the ships. The color scheme is sepia, giving the scene a vintage look.
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The image shows an intricate engraving of a maritime scene. A large ship with billowing sails is in the center, with smaller boats around it. The horizon is high, with clouds partially covering the sun. The engraving is detailed with fine lines depicting the textures of clouds, waves, and the ships. The color scheme is sepia, giving the scene a vintage look.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Fleet of Galleys Escorted by a Caravel

Frans Huys after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Date
1565
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate): 22.1 × 28.5 cm (8 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.) mount: 27.5 × 35.7 cm (10 13/16 × 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1964.8.396
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Warships

Subjects and terms

  • Netherlandish
  • engraving
  • Ship
  • Sea
  • Sky
  • Figures
  • Cloud
Inscription

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

NGA object ID 47598. 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.