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The Home Fleet Saluting the State Barge
Also titled De begroeting van de regeringssloep door de binnenvloot
Jan van de Cappelle (Amsterdam, 1624–1679)
1650
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 64 cm x width 92.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
A row of ships lies at anchor. Two yachts fire a salute for the functionaries rowing by in a state barge. The water’s smooth, mirror-like surface reflects the vessel and its passengers. Van de Cappelle superbly captured the grandeur unfolding on the water, with ships as far as the eye can see rendered in perspective, under an imposing cloudy sky.
