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A Dutch Beach Scene with a Man-of-War in the Distance

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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In the foreground, a boat has been landed on the beach and men are in the water bringing in two more. To the left, men are working on another boat by a wooden jetty, which juts out into the sea. Beyond, ships lie at anchor with a man-of-war on the far right. In the foreground lie the rollers used to help bring the boats ashore. A man in a red smock is dragging one of the rollers up the beach in his left hand. Most of the artist's extant paintings date from the last six years of his career and are principally marine subject matter. Brooking's reputation as a marine artist was well established by 1755. This work was influenced by seventeenth-century Dutch marine artists, and resembles a composition by Simon de Vlieger. Although Brooking's stylistic range shows the influences of de Vlieger and Willem van de Velde II, his approach was uncompromisingly individualistic.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

A Dutch Beach Scene with a Man-of-War in the Distance

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 37.6 x W 58 cm

Accession number

BHC1033

Work type

Painting

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