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Three Caravels in a Rising Squall with Arion on a Dolphin from "The Sailing Vessels"

Frans Huys Netherlandish
Publisher Hieronymus Cock Netherlandish
1561–65
Not on view

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  • Title: Three Caravels in a Rising Squall with Arion on a Dolphin from "The Sailing Vessels"
  • Series/Portfolio: The Sailing Vessels
  • Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels)
  • Artist: Frans Huys (Netherlandish, 1522–1562)
  • Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp)
  • Date: 1561–65
  • Medium: Engraving and etching; first state of six
  • Dimensions: 8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in. (22 x 28.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, 1958
  • Object Number: 59.534.24
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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