after Pieter BRUEGEL – Three-master, at sea, accompanied by a galley, 1561-1565


after Pieter BRUEGEL
1525 Breda + 1569 Bruxelles
Three-master, at sea, accompanied by a galley, 1561-1565


engraving and etching by F. Huys
301 x 240
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New Hollstein nr 64 (III/III). Good impression trimmed at the platemark, of the last state, removing the foot inscriptions. Small skinned paper area repair in the sky at up left, a tiny tear. Plate to a set of ten “Sea vessels”. Watermark : double C crown by a Lorraine cross (approximate Briquet nr 9324, datable to 1590).