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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.223
People
Frans Huys, Netherlandish (1522 - 1562)
After Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, Netherlandish (Breda (?), Belgium 1526/30 - 1569 Brussels, Belgium)
Published by Harman Adolffz (active 1600 - 1620)
Title
Naval Battle in the Strait of Messina
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1561
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342825

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and engraving from two plates on two sheets of antique laid paper, joined vertically at center
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
cut to image: 42.8 x 71.8 cm (16 7/8 x 28 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: verso, on both sheets, traced by hand in graphite: shield topped with a crown
  • inscription: on plate, lower left corner: F. HVIIS. FECIT.
  • inscription: inscribed and addressed in cartouche lower right: Trinacriæ insignes portum' que vrbem' que vetustam
    Messanam, veteres quam construxére Pelasgi,

    Parte vides dextra, & scopulos, sedésq[ue]Gigantum,
    Qua micat horrendum nocturnis ignibus Æthna.

    Rhegius à læua est, Calabrum traiectus: at illud
    Inter vtrumque fretum Scylla terribile monstro

    Olim terra fuit, quae pòst quassata dehiscens
    Ionium excepit Pelagus, factum' que barathrum.


    Cum Gratia et priuilegio.
    Bruegel Inuen.

    Harman Adolffz excudit Haerlem.
  • inscription: on plate, upper left: REZO
  • inscription: on plate, upper right: MESSINA
  • inscription: on plate, upper edge: FRETI SICVLI SIVE MAMERTINI VVLGO EL FARO DI MESSINA OPTICA DELINEATIO

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[David Tunick, Inc., New York, NY, 2012], to; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/v
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 17 [Pieter Bruegel the Elder], 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.223
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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