# Fishing Boats in a Calm

- By: Jan van de Cappelle (Dutch, 1626–1679)
- Date: 1651
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 57.6 × 71.2 cm (22 11/16 × 28 in.); Framed: 78.7 × 93.4 × 5.7 cm (31 × 36 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16343)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/b246d3eb-8bfe-a031-4848-e00c053546ea/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)