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A painting showing the 'Hercules' and 'Eenhorn' off the port of Hoorn. The city harbour was a popular subject in seventeenth-century Holland and those painters who could represent the city's economic link with the sea found great success. The Dutch port cities had reason to be proud, since Holland's extraordinary wealth hinged on the pursuit and defence of global shipping. Peeters the Elder was born in Antwerp and he produced some of the finest Flemish marine paintings. He was commissioned to paint harbour views such as this by several proud city authorities, and he was made a Master of the Guild of Antwerp in the same year that he produced this painting, when he was only 20. The port of Hoorn is visible in the background, with the buildings of the town, such as the church tower and the fortifications on the far left, dominating the skyline.
Title
The 'Hercules' and 'Eenhorn' off Hoorn
Date
1634
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 81.28 x W 149.86 cm
Accession number
BHC1839
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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