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Harbor Scene (Paris)

Harbor Scene (Paris)

Object type Drawing
Genre Seascape
Date ca. 1590-ca. 1593
Dimensions 15 x 26.5 cm
Support Paper
Medium Pen and brown ink and red wash
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Bailey/Walker cat. #PARI.ML.1
Location Paris, France
Collection Musée du Louvre
Accession numbers INV 19731
Tags Birds, Harbor, Fishermen, Peasants, Seascape, Boat, Ship
External resources Musée du Louvre
Lugt 1949, nr. 473
Winner 1961, p. 202
Berlin 1975, p. 92-3, nr. 108, pl. 214
Ertz 1979, p. 92-4
Gerszi 1982, p. 153-4, fig. 8
Essen/Vienna 1997-98, p. 428-9, nr. 147, ill.
Ruby in Munich 2013, p. 35, 40, fig. 22
Berlin 1975, nr. 108
Essen/Vienna 1997-98, nr. 147
Late 19th century Seized during the French Revolution
Christine Liu
October 23, 2013

According to Louisa Wood Ruby, “Depicts old fashioned ships and a foreign town that seem to have been inspired by a composition of Pieter the Elder’s engraved by F. Huys.”

Paige Walker
October 21, 2013

According to Louisa Wood Ruby, "Man with tall hat facing left in the foreground of Harbor with a Fish Market is a replica of the figure in [this drawing]."