"A Seaport," title page from "Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam, part III"
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 5 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (13 x 23.5 cm) sheet: 7 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (18.1 x 28.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.465
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman|Cornelis Danckertsz. I · 1623–1664
Reinier Nooms, known as Zeeman ("sailor" in Dutch), was a prominent Dutch maritime painter, draftsman, and etcher of the Golden Age, born around 1623 or 1624 in Amsterdam and dying there in 1664 at about age 40. Before turning to art around 1643, he led a rough life as a professional seaman, which informed his unparalleled accuracy in depicting ships, ports, naval battles, and coastal scenes—knowl...