The Light of Navigation, Frontispiece | Willem Blaeu | 1612
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Navigators gather around charts, globes and instruments in an elaborate engraved interior opening onto a harbour crowded with sailing ships. The foreground figures examine the tools of their profession, while monumental figures at either side frame the scene like an architectural stage. A suspended lantern crowns the composition, linking the practical work below with the handbook’s promise of guidance. The image presents navigation as a learned and collaborative discipline, bringing observation, calculation and experience together in the service of maritime travel.
Frame:
A black solid-wood frame with a 2.4mm snow-white bevel-cut mount, supplied ready to hang.
Print:
Premium heavyweight matte fine art paper, printed with water-based inks. The illustration fills the mount opening without an additional white print border.
Sizes:
12 × 12 inches — 30.5 × 30.5 cm
20 × 20 inches — 50 × 50 cm
