# Naval Battle in the Strait of Messina

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HUYS, Frans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/huys-frans-r3cf010f0fe84cd>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Engraving, printed from two plates, 426 x 706 mm

## Commentary

This print, made after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, depicts several ships in the foreground with the burning of the city of Reggio in Calabria at upper left, the eruption of Mount Etna at right behind the city of Messina.

## Related artworks

- [Armed Four-Master Putting Out to Sea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/huys-frans-r3cf010f0fe84cd/armed-four-master-putting-out-to-sea-r325403a130de94>)
- [Naval Battle in the Strait of Messina \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/huys-frans-r3cf010f0fe84cd/naval-battle-in-the-strait-of-messina-detail-racb2672305f884>)
- [Naval Battle in the Strait of Messina](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/huys-frans-r3cf010f0fe84cd/naval-battle-in-the-strait-of-messina-r5163acc944ef0a>)
- [Skating before the Saint George&#39;s Gate, Antwerp](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/huys-frans-r3cf010f0fe84cd/skating-before-the-saint-georges-gate-antwerp-rba242a5256c574>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)