Drie zeemannen en een knaap in een haven

About this artwork

verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

"Drie zeemannen een knaap in haven" (Three Se and a Boy in a Harbor), a steel engraving by Nikolaus Barthelmess from the mid-to-late 19th (circa 1853–1889), captures a lively maritime scene. Measuring 519 mm high by mm wide, this print depicts three sailors and a young boy amid the bustling activity of a harbor, evoking the era's seafaring culture. Barthelmess, a skilled German engraver active in the Romantic period, specialized in detailed narrative illustrations that romanticized everyday life at sea. Steel engraving, the medium here, marked a technical leap in 19th-century printmaking. Un...