Three ships surrounded by monsters
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1590
name: label: Designer
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Publisher
content: Joannes Galle, Flemish, 1600 – 1676
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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."
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-8408
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.6 × 33.6 cm (4 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Plate: 19.9 × 27.3 cm (7 13/16 × 10 3/4 in.)