inventory 2

PIETER BRUEGHEL THE ELDER
Breda 1526/30 - 1569 Brussels
Frans Huys Antwerp 1522 - 1562 after Brueghel

Armed four-master putting out to sea.

Engraving, c. 1561-65
Signed in the plate “.F.H.bruegel”
In the right lower margin “Cum privileg”
22.3 x 29.3 cm. with margin all round.
Watermark; Gothic P

Literature: Van Bastelaer 102, Holl.III, 102, New Hollstein Dutch(Orenstein/Sellink) 66.
Fine black impression. Good condition. Restored broken platemark right lower corner.
Two small hardly visible tears in the lower margin, hardly affecting the image.
The print belongs to the series of ships made between 1561 and 1565.