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The Breach of the Saint Anthony’s Dike near Amsterdam
Also titled De doorbraak van de Sint-Anthonisdijk bij Amsterdam
Jan Asselijn (Dieppe, 1610–1652)
1651
- Medium
- linen (material), oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 85.5 cm x width 108.2 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Scato Gockinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds, ING, the Turing Foundation and a private collector
- 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
During the night of 4-5 March 1651 the Saint Anthony’s Dike was breached near Amsterdam. Jan Asselijn portrayed the fiercely flowing water with a strong sense of drama. The billowing cloak of the man at the left shows that the storm is not yet over, however the squalls are already moving on at the right. The vivid red contrasts sharply with the bright blue of the parting clouds.
