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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This painting by the Amsterdam marine artist, Ludolf Backhuysen shows a single-masted fishing boat in a squall viewed from the coast. Backhuysen's paintings are part of the long tradition of painting sailing vessels in distress which includes Pieter Brueghel, Jan Porcellis and Willem van de Velde. They signified man's tenuous hold on life when assailed by the unpredictability of the elements. | Subjects: | marine | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Backhuysen, Ludolf, I (Dutch painter, calligrapher, and printmaker, 1630-1708) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8386... | Go to resource |
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