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Inspired by Dutch seventeenth-century marine painters, the artist was very interested in creating scenes of Holland and Dutch shore life. He gave this work the secondary title, 'Scheveling fishermen hauling the 'pinck' out of the surf'. In it he has included Scheveningen church tower in reference to the earlier masters, who often included it as a landmark. Scheveningen, on the northern tip of The Hague on the North Sea coast, has a wide beach very suitable for operating fishing pinks. The man in the foreground to the left carries the anchor ashore over his right shoulder and holds the shore-line attached to the boat in his left hand. The Dutch vessel which dominates the picture is in port-quarter view and the artist has created the impression of wind through the surf and flapping sails.
The artist made his basic studies in the open air and on his visit to Holland in 1855, the year of this painting, he recorded in his diary for October that the sea was very rough and that he 'pottered about the strand, [and] got some sketches'. The artist was trained by his father, the engraver George Cooke, and showed outstanding talent as a draughtsman.
Title
A North Sea Breeze on the Dutch Coast
Date
1855
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 56 x W 167.6 cm
Accession number
BHC1246
Work type
Painting