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.
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The Launch of a Ship

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

publisher Cornelis Danckerts I (Dutch, c.1601 - 1656)

c. 1652/1654

Medium
etching with drypoint on laid paper mounted on paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 12.38 × 25.08 cm (4 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.) ; sheet: 13.65 × 25.08 cm (5 3/8 × 9 7/8 in.) ; mount: 22.23 × 31.27 cm (8 3/4 × 12 5/16 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
The J. and H. Weldon Foundation Inc. and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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