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Description: | Oil on canvas. This scene of impending shipwreck is framed by the dark turbulent sea and the thick black clouds above. Several figures can be seen on the deck of the nearer ship, which has two broken masts. In the distance, another crew are squeezed into a small lifeboat, while beyond them, the ship they have abandoned begins to sink.
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich has two others works by Willem van de Velde II which show dismasted ships. One is a view of the ‘Battle of Texel’ in 1673, which includes a dismasted English ship sinking in the foreground. The other is a pen and ink drawing of ships in turmoil, which could be an early idea for this composition. However, van der Velde painted numerous ships in distress or being wrecked in the years around 1700. | Subjects: | wind flag seascape/coastal scene ship wave storm | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Willem van de Velde II | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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