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Ships before the Coast
In the 17th century painters specialized in specific genres. For instance, Willem van de Velde became a marine painter, perhaps even the most successful one ever. He portrayed large, spectacular naval battles as well as small, tranquil coastal views, like we see here. Modest commercial vessels lie still on the smooth-as-glass surface of the water. Somewhat further back in the middle ground are two…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25H2
- http://iconclass.org/46C24
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25H2
- http://iconclass.org/46C24
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
- 1670
- 1670
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
- fourth quarter 17th century
- first quarter 18th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6810
- SK-A-440
Extent
- height 42 cm
- width 46 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1670
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:15.955Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:04.144Z