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Master W with the Key

Ship with Sails Furled and Arrow Pointing to the Right

1475/85
Engraving on cream laid paper
17.1 × 12.3 cm (6.7 × 4.8 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

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 .

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