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Master W with the Key also known as Master WA and Master of the Housemark (active c. 1465–1490) was an anonymous
''Visions of the Sea: Hendrick C. Vroom and the origins of Dutch marine painting''
Brill Archive, Leiden, 1983, ,
In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. Retrieved 21 April 2009
Two prints
from Cleveland Museum of Art. 15th-century births Year of death unknown 15th-century engravers W with the Key Flemish engravers Flemish marine artists {{engraver-stub
Master W with the Key also known as Master WA and Master of the Housemark (active c. 1465–1490) was an anonymous Netherlandish
The Low Countries comprise the coastal Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta region in Western Europe, whose definition usually includes the modern countries of Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Both Belgium and the Netherlands derived their ...
engraver, who is thought to have been a goldsmith
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in Bruges
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. The name given to him refers to his monogram
A monogram is a motif made by overlapping or combining two or more letters or other graphemes to form one symbol. Monograms are often made by combining the initials of an individual or a company, used as recognizable symbols or logos. A series o ...
, which is a W followed by a key symbol. Eighty-two works signed with that monogram are extant. Many of these are ornament print
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s, depicting elements of gothic architecture
Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It e ...
and decorative objects, and were probably marketed mainly as patterns for other craftsmen to follow. He also produced prints of ships, the first known. He influenced several other contemporary Dutch engravers, most notably Master I. A. M. of Zwolle. He probably worked for Duke Charles the Bold
Charles I (Charles Martin; german: Karl Martin; nl, Karel Maarten; 10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477), nicknamed the Bold (German: ''der Kühne''; Dutch: ''de Stoute''; french: le Téméraire), was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477.
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of Burgundy, and his ship series may have been "portraits" of the ducal fleet.Russell, 51–52 (illustrating two additional ships)
Notes
References
*Russell, Margarita''Visions of the Sea: Hendrick C. Vroom and the origins of Dutch marine painting''
Brill Archive, Leiden, 1983, ,
External links
In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. Retrieved 21 April 2009
Two prints
from Cleveland Museum of Art. 15th-century births Year of death unknown 15th-century engravers W with the Key Flemish engravers Flemish marine artists {{engraver-stub