View of a peninsula with figures and ships with bare masts, in the right foreground five figures congregate around two barrels, town buildings beyond
Jean Morin|Matthijs van Plattenberg
ca. 1625–60
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (9.5 x 13.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.237
Tags
TownsBoats
About the Artist
Jean Morin|Matthijs van Plattenberg · 1605–1650
Jean Morin (c. 1605–1650) was one of the most accomplished French engravers of the seventeenth century, a master of the portrait print whose work stands among the finest examples of French graphic art in its era. Little is known about his early life or training, though his technique suggests exposure to both French and Flemish engraving traditions, the latter being the dominant force in European p...