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Description: | This impressive seascape is traditionally, and fairly securely, attributed to Ludolf Backhuyzen, an Amsterdam painter known for his stormy sea pictures. The lasting popularity of such scenes derived, in part, from their celebration of the unique and uneasy relationship between the Dutch republic and the sea, which represented both a source of unprecedented wealth, and a constant threat. Although today Backhuyzen's reputation is overshadowed by that of his contemporary, Willem van de Velde the younger, he enjoyed a formidable reputation during his lifetime, counting several European princes among his patrons, including Peter the Great, with whom he enjoyed a long friendship, and Friedrich I of Prussia. In 1665 he was commissioned by burghers of Amsterdam to paint a prospect of the city as a gift to the French ambassador, Hugues de Lionne (now in the Louvre). | Subjects: | marine | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Backhuysen, Ludolf, I (Dutch painter, calligrapher, and printmaker, 1630-1708) Æ Attributed to manner of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8538... | Go to resource |
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