Naval battle in the Strait of Messina, Freti siculi sive mamertini vulgo et faro di Messina optica delineatio (title on object), A naval battle in the Strait of Messina. In the foreground sailing ships and galleys battle. On the left is the city of Reggio and on the right is the city of Messina. Behind Messina the volcano Etna, from which smoke comes out. In the lower right corner an eight-line verse in Latin., print, print maker: Frans Huys, (mentioned on object), after design by: Pieter Bruegel (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Hieronymus Cock, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1561, pape

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