Four-master and Two Three-masters Anchored near a Fortified Island, from "The Sailing Vessels"
Medium
Engraving and etching; first state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 8 7/8 × 11 9/16 in. (22.5 × 29.4 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 in. (27.8 × 33 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, 1958
Accession Number
59.534.23
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Frans Huys|Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Hieronymus Cock · 1522–1562
**Frans Huys (c. 1522–1562)** was a Flemish engraver and draughtsman active in Antwerp during the mid-sixteenth century. Born in Antwerp, he initially trained and worked as a painter before shifting his focus to engraving in the 1550s. He became a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke and established himself as a skilled printmaker. Huys was the brother of the painter Pieter Huys and married t...