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Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast
Also titled Schipbreuk op een rotsachtige kust
Wijnand Nuijen (The Hague, 1813–1839)
c. 1837
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 154 cm x width 206 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
This painting is a highlight of Dutch Romanticism. It represents the insignificance of man in the face of nature. During a storm, a three-master has struck a rock and foundered. The crew desperately combs the beach in search of survivors. Rays of sun pierce through the gloomy sky and afford a view of the overwhelming sheer cliffs, which make the people seem even smaller.
