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Ships at Anchor on a Quiet Sea
Also titled Schepen voor anker op een kalme zee
Jan van de Cappelle (Amsterdam, 1624–1679)
c. 1640 - c. 1679
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 8.6 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Jan van de Cappelle (1626 - 1679). Ships at anchor on a quiet sea, c. 1655. From the vantage point of an inland harbour, the painting presents a view of open sea. Here the artist was interested in recreating the atmosphere of the scene, rather than depicting a specific place or happening. From the collection of the Empress Eugenie Bonaparte (Paris) and others. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. I. de Bruijn-van der Leeuw (Muri near Bern), 1961.
