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This painting shows a variety of shipping at sea off a Dutch harbour. A church tower and other buildings indicate a town on the right, probably Enkhuizen on the Zuider Zee. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the town prospered, mainly thanks to the herring fishing and trading through the Dutch East and West India Companies. The sprit-rigged vessel on the right in the foreground is a coastal craft with vari-colored (perhaps repaired) red sails. This unusual feature reflects the artist's interest in the depiction of material, since he was originally a silk merchant. The ships on the left and centre are Indiamen, flying the Dutch flag and pennant, with capacious holds under armed upper decks. The stern of the second ship on the left is ornately carved.
Title
Shipping off a Dutch Harbour
Date
1680
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 85 x W 113 cm
Accession number
BHC0853
Work type
Painting
