Ship with Sails Furled and Arrow Pointing to the Right
Master W with the Key
1475/85
Medium
Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet: 17.1 × 12.3 cm (6 3/4 × 4 7/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
27881
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This still-unidentified early Netherlandish artist, who signed only with the letter W and the image of a key, is particularly known for his distinctive views of ships. Israhel van Meckenem and other printmakers copied many of his popular subjects. His images of monstrances and other ecclesiastical apparatus contained a level of detail similar to Martin Schongauer's Censer.