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Dutch Vessels on the Sea at Amsterdam

1708 · Musée du Louvre, Paris

landscape

This is a late work of the artist. The distant city in the background cannot be identified, it is probably Amsterdam.

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Dutch Vessels on the Sea at Amsterdam

About the Artist

Ludolf Backhuysen

1630 – 1708

Dutch marine painter, active mainly in Amsterdam. After the van de Veldes moved to England in 1672, Backhuysen became the most popular marine painter in Holland. He captures the drama and movement of ships, but seldom achieves the poetic effects of either van de Velde the Younger or Jan van de Capelle.

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