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The artist was born in Antwerp, but like many Flemish artists of his age moved to Amsterdam, presumably around 1590. In this oil panel he depicted an action between an English, a Dutch and a Spanish vessel. The scene of the ships firing broadsides is placed in the foreground and portrayed from a slightly elevated viewpoint allowing the ships to fill the height of the composition. The detailed rendering of the rigging and the human activity aboard a vessel seem to be the artist’s particular interest, rather than the reference to a specific naval battle. The colour scheme with the glassy-green water and the bright flags and ensigns, as well as the simplification and stylisation of the natural form, is generally associated with the sixteenth-century tradition of the Southern Netherlands.
Title
An English and a Dutch Ship Attacking a Spaniard
Date
c.1610
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 34.5 x W 49.5 cm
Accession number
BHC0714
Work type
Painting
