# Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast

- By: Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, 1630 - 1708)
- Date: 1667
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 114.3 x 167.3 cm (45 x 65 7/8 in.) ; framed: 147.3 x 146.1 x 6.4 cm (58 x 57 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Dutch
- Credit line: Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.65898.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/fd08af53-328d-49b2-902e-e4636c6946ce/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)