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The image shows a shipyard with a large ship under construction. The scene includes rooftops, masts, clouds, water, and people working in and around the ship. The style is an engraving with fine details and a monochromatic color palette of gray tones. Figures are seen observing or discussing in the foreground, and the sky has billowing clouds.

The Launch of a Ship

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman (Dutch, 1623 or 1624 - 1664)

c. 1652/1654 · etching with drypoint on laid paper mounted on paper

National Gallery of Art · The J. and H. Weldon Foundation Inc. and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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