An Italian Seaport

Johannes Lingelbach1670

Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom

This theatrical, bustling seaport is effectively a 'capriccio' - a scene invented by the artist by juxtaposing selected elements in order to obtain heightened stylistic effects and atmospheres.

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Details

Title: An Italian Seaport
Creator Lifespan: 1622 - 1674
Date: 1670
Physical Dimensions: w873 x h695 cm
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil
Work Nationality: Dutch
Support: Canvas
Provenance: ?Moses Vanhausen sale, 1783. Bt Desenfans; London, Noel Desenfans, 1783-1807; London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1807-1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
Inscriptions: Signed and dated on circular stone, bottom left: 'I LINGELBACH / FECIT / 1670'
Artist: Lingelbach, Jan
Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)

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