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Description: | Storck's painting gives an accurate representation of one of Rotterdam's' river gates, the Oude Hoofdpoort (the matching gate, the Ooster Niewe Hoofdpoort, at the other end of the riverfront, is depicted by Adriaen Salm in the Ferens picture no. 494). Rotterdam was the last of the great Dutch ports to develop and the elaborate architecture of the gate demonstrates the growing prosperity of The Netherlands in the seventeenth century (Wright, 2002, p. 61). Linked with this prosperity is Dutch shipping. The artist shows five ships at sail, with one moored by the gate. The artist aims to appeal to the viewer's pride in Dutch naval and mercantile achievement. | Subjects: | marine; place (Oude Hoofdpoorte Rotterdam) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Storck, Jacobus (Dutch artist, active ca. 1660-1686) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8711... | Go to resource |
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