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Description: | Oil on oak panel. For this small-scale marine painting, Dutch artist Jan Porcellis has used a subdued palette. The simplicity of Porcellis’ compositions and his use of a subtle, limited palette demonstrate a transition from the busy, brightly coloured marine paintings of the early 17th century to later monochromatic marine views of simply sea, sky and atmospheric effect. Porcellis’ most commonly executed subject was a modest fishing boat travelling through choppy waters, close to the shore, as this example demonstrates.
The painting was purchased for the Government collection from journalist and newspaper editor Sir Bruce Stirling Ingram (1877-1963) in 1963. Ingram, a keen collector of art, became editor of the ‘Illustrated London News’ (1900-63) at the age of 22 and editor of ‘The Sketch’ (1905-46) at 27. | Subjects: | flag seascape/coastal scene ensign (ship) ship wave | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Jan Porcellis | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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