Four-master and Two Three-masters Anchored near a Fortified Island from The Sailing Vessels, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561–65


Four-master and Two Three-masters Anchored near a Fortified Island from The Sailing Vessels, 1561–65, Engraving and etching; first state of three, Plate: 8 7/8 × 11 9/16 in. ( × cm), Prints, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels), Frans Huys (Netherlandish, 1522–1562), This engraving belongs to a series of ten prints known as the Sailing Vessels, executed by Frans Huys after designs by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The series displays a wide range of sailing vessels, including merchantmen and warships, large seagoing vessels and small coasters, galleys, and caravels


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