Master W with the Key
Netherlandish, active 1464-1485
Ship with Sails Furled and Arrow Pointing to the Right
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Master W with the Key
Netherlandish, active 1464-14851475/85
Ship with Sails Furled and Arrow Pointing to the Right
Master W with the Key Netherlandish, active 1464-1485 →engravingprint
Date
1475/85
Medium
Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet: 17.1 × 12.3 cm (6 3/4 × 4 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Stanley Field Fund
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.