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Ship in Distress off a Rocky Coast
Simon de Vliegerabout 1645
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Indianapolis, United States
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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