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The artist was born in Antwerp, but moved to Amsterdam at an early age, presumably around 1590. Stylistically his seascapes betray a Flemish influence. This small panel of two Dutch three-masters off a rocky coast gliding through glassy-green waves with elegant white crests is characterised by the typical simplification and stylisation of the natural form, which is generally associated with the sixteenth-century tradition of the Southern Netherlands. The same is true for the beholder’s high viewpoint, which allows an overview of the deck of the three-master sailing before the wind at the centre of the composition. All details of the ship’s rigging, such as the reef-points, are displayed with great merit. The artist, therefore, clearly distinguished between the rendering of nature and the man-made world.
Title
A Dutch Ship Close-Hauled
Date
c.1610
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 25.5 x W 38 cm
Accession number
BHC0713
Work type
Painting
