Allaert van Everdingen (?) (1621-1675)

Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast,

um 1650
Material / Technology / Carrier
Holz
Dimensions of the object
60 x 92 cm
Displayed
AP OG Saal XI
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
WAF 250
Acquisition
1828 aus dem Nachlass König Max I. Josephs – seit 1923 Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Allaert van Everdingen(?), Schiffbruch vor felsiger Küste, um 1650, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/anxgBjo4Eq (Last updated on 16.07.2024)
In the midst of crashing waves and a foaming sea, the hull and broken mast are all that’s visible of a sinking ship, which has dashed against the rocks in a bay. The shapes and colouring of the objects are so indistinct from one another that the viewer has to look more closely to discern them. Marine views were an important sub-genre of Dutch landscape painting, featuring not only impressive naval units, but also losses caused by the power of the sea.

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