Harbor Scene
| Object type | Drawing |
| Genre | Seascape |
| Date | ca. 1603 |
| Dimensions | 23.2 x 28.6 cm |
| Support | Paper |
| Medium | Pen and brown ink, with brown and blue wash, over black chalk |
| Support marks | Watermark: unidentified coat-of-arms (3.0 x 3.0 cm) |
| Further inscription | Watermark: unidentified coat-of-arms (3.0 x 3.0 cm) |
| Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
| Other authorities | Bailey/Walker cat. #LOND.BM.3 |
| Location | London, England |
| Collection | British Museum |
| Accession numbers | RN 1910,0212.125 |
| Tags | Fish, Harbor, Fishermen, Peasants, Seascape, Boat |
| External resources | British Museum |
British Museum website: "This drawing is a preparatory study for some details (the ships; two men leaning on the boat; fisherman holding a skate at left) in the 1603 painting by Brueghel 'The Large Fishmarket' in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, inv.no.1889; see K. Ertz, "Jan Brueghel der Ältere: Die Gemälde", Cologne, 1979, cat.no.91, fig.10. The wash could have been applied later as it does not follow the lines of the ship sails correctly; a feature which can be seen in some of Brueghel's drawings. A pen and ink drawing showing the same composition, is now generally considered a copy; it is in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam; see M. Schapelhouman, 'Nederlandse tekeningen omstreeks 1600', 1987, p.31,under no.18. Literature: M. Winner, 'Zeichnungen des Älteren Jan Brueghel', in Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 3 (1961), Berlin, 1961, pp.204-206; A. Van Camp, in M. Neumeister (ed.), "Breughel: Gemälde von Jan Brueghel d. Ä", exh.cat. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, 2013, cat.no.45."