A Seascape with Figures by a Boat on a Shore
Also titled Zeegezicht met figuren bij een schip op de kust
Ludolf Bakhuysen (Emden, 1631–1708)
1667
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 39.4 cm x width 34 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift Broere Charitable Foundation
- 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
Ludolf Bakhuysen was famous in his own day for his renderings of dramatic storms; however, here he chose to paint a tranquil scene. On the beach is a kaag, a type of boat used to load, provision and unload large seagoing sailing vessels, such as the merchant ship in the background.
