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Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast
Those who went to sea played roulette with their lives. The wooden ships were small and fragile, and the very real dangers were exaggerated with horror stories of hideous creatures living in the unfathomable depths. Willaerts created an image of every seaman’s worst nightmare. One ship has been dashed on the rocks, and the other two are heeling over. The survivors at centre are threatened by a mon…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/46C291
- http://iconclass.org/26C32
- http://iconclass.org/25H1314
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/46C291
- http://iconclass.org/26C32
- http://iconclass.org/25H1314
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1614
- 1614
Place-Time
- first quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6572
- SK-A-1955
Extent
- height 64.5 cm
- width 85.2 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1614
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:14:04.557Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:28.248Z