Night Ferries to The Hague, Delft and Leiden
ca. 1652–54
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray ink; framing line in brush and black ink, by the artist; incised for transfer
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 11/16 × 9 7/8 in. (14.5 × 25.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2014
Accession Number
2014.474
Tags
About the Artist
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman
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...