Object Details
Designer
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
Publisher
Joannes Galle, Flemish, 1600 – 1676
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontal rectangle. Second state. At center, a ship surrounded by sea monsters; on its decks are men and many bells. In the background are two similar ships. In a choppy sea. Near right bottom corner: "Joan. Stradanus invent. / Joan. Galle. excud." Bottom margin: "Nauita Erythraeum panidus qui navigat aequor / In prorae et puppis summo resonantia pendet / Tintinabula: eo sonitu praegrandia late, Balenas et Monstra marina à navibus arcet." "6."
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Date
ca. 1590
Accession Number
1938-88-8408
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
seascapes
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
12.6 × 33.6 cm (4 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
Plate: 19.9 × 27.3 cm (7 13/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
made in
Netherlands
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1938-88-8408