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The image shows a large sailing ship at sea, with the horizon placed low in the background. A smaller sailboat is visible on the right side of the horizon. The intricate engraving technique uses fine lines to depict the ship, sea, and sky in monochromatic shades of brown or sepia. The sea appears rough, with a sea creature on the right side, while the sky features a sun, mythological figures, and birds near a rocky shoreline.
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The image shows a large sailing ship at sea, with the horizon placed low in the background. A smaller sailboat is visible on the right side of the horizon. The intricate engraving technique uses fine lines to depict the ship, sea, and sky in monochromatic shades of brown or sepia. The sea appears rough, with a sea creature on the right side, while the sky features a sun, mythological figures, and birds near a rocky shoreline.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Armed Three-Master with Daedalus and Icarus in the Sky

Frans Huys after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Date
1565
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
shee (trimmed within plate)t: 21.4 × 28.3 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1980.45.238
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
  • figure
  • fish
  • animal
  • engraving
  • Sun
  • Water
  • Boat
Inscription

lower left, in cartouche, in plate: .F.H. [artist's monogram] bruegel

NGA object ID 57889. 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.