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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Boeier and a Galliot is a 1653 ink by Nooms, called Zeeman, Reinier, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows two old-style ships on choppy water. The larger one on the left is a *Boeier*, a broad, flat vessel with a single mast and a flag flying at the stern. The smaller ship on the right, a *Galliot*, has two masts and looks more crowded with sails. Both ships have busy rigging, and the waves around them are drawn with quick, wavy lines. Notice how the artist used fine lines to show the texture of the sails and the movement of the water—this is a trick of the etching technique. The ships are labeled right below them in Dutch, which was common for teaching or documenting. Check out how this was made using etching.
Reinier Nooms (c. 1623 – 1664), also known as Zeeman or Seeman (Dutch for "sailor"), was a Dutch maritime painter known for his highly detailed paintings and etchings of ships. From the 1650s, Nooms started producing…
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