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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This rocky coast may correspond to modern Latvia, which in the seventeenth century was ruled by the Duke of Courland. The Latvian flag, with a two-headed eagle on white and red stripes, flies over the castle in the background. The boats with Dutch, Swedish and Danish ensigns and the scenes of shipping allude to the flourishing Baltic trade. In the seventeenth century the duchy, nominally subject to Poland, was intent on becoming a colonial power. Remote ports like this one were probably never visited by Jan Peeters, who relied on the models provided by his nephews serving in the Dutch navy. | Subjects: | landscape (coast scene); marine | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Peeters, Jan, I (Flemish painter, 1624-ca.1677) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Everdingen, Allart van (Dutch landscapist and marine painter, 1621-1675) Previously attributed to Peeters, Bonaventura, I (Flemish painter and printmaker, 1614-1652) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9038... | Go to resource |
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