Ship in Distress off a Rocky Coast

Simon de Vliegerabout 1645

Details

Title: Ship in Distress off a Rocky Coast
Creator Lifespan: 1601 - 1653
Creator Nationality: Dutch
Creator Gender: Male
Date Created: about 1645
Type: oil paintings
Rights: Gift in memory of Estelle Burpee Chambers and David L. Chambers, Jr. from their family and friends
External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/32247
Medium: oil on wood
wall label: The emergence of the seascape as a pictorial subject is one of the most distinctive achievements of Dutch art. Simon de Vlieger's imaginative response to the great enterprise of Dutch seafaring resulted in an influential series of tempest scenes in which the artist experimented with the expressive potential of weather and geography.ÿ In this work, a ship founders in treacherous waters off a rocky coast. Monks minister to castaways in a metaphoric reference to the human soul, afflicted by fate and in need of spiritual salvation.
measurements: 21 3/4 x 31 1/4 in.
Artist: Vlieger, Simon de

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