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A portrayal of a Mediterranean port with a church on the hill and houses coming down to the edge of the water. Several groups of people can be seen on the shore. In the centre middle distance is a walled town with hills beyond. A Dutch ship is shown, in stern view to the beholder, dominating the harbour entrance. She bears a family coat of arms on her tafferel and flies the Dutch flag. Another ship enters the harbour to the right. In the foreground are two wide-bottomed boats from which men are unloading stores. An almost identical version of the four-towered church to the left appears in a painting made by the artist in 1652. The building is the cathedral of Saint Jean at Lyons, a Gothic church situated on the river Saône in the centre of the city.
The artist lived and worked in Amsterdam. By 1642 he was married and soon fathered 11 children. His houses, first near the Haarlemmerpoort and from 1651 on the north side of the Rozengracht near the Lijnbaansgracht, were named ‘In‘t Schipbreuk’ (‘In the Shipwreck’). He must have made several trips through Friesland, Holland and Utrecht, and the drawings he made during these journeys were later used in the preparation of his paintings.
Title
Mediterranean Harbour Scene with the Saint Jean Cathedral at Lyons
Date
1660
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 75.5 x W 105.5 cm
Accession number
BHC0812
Work type
Painting