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| Title | Shipping in a Storm off the Coast of Norway | |
| Alternative Title | Storm off a Rocky Coast | |
| Collection | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Artist | Attributed to Backhuysen, Ludolf, I (Dutch painter, calligrapher, and printmaker, 1630-1708) Previously attributed to circle of Beerstraten, Jan Abrahamsz. (Dutch painter, 1622-1666) |
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| Date Earliest | probably 1700 | |
| Date Latest | 1708 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | Newly reattributed to Ludolf Backhuysen, this marine painting depicts a very rough sea, under a stormy sky with dense, grey clouds. Several vessels are tossed about on the waves, and some casualties and wreckage are in the water. To the centre left, a sailing ship flying the Dutch flag, and a smaller boat is to the right, two further vessels are in the middle distance. Land and cliffs are seen in the distant right of the composition. | |
| Current Accession Number | BATVG:P:1923.26 | |
| Inscription | front (on wreckaage) 'Lud[. . .] Bakhui[. . .]’ | |
| Subject | marine | |
| Measurements | 104.6 x 170.2 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Reverend Richard Moon Perkes 1923. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Bath Assembly Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 1948; Marine Painting, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 1970; Renaissance to Baroque 1520-1720: Treasure from Bristol and Bath Museums, Holburne of Menstrie Museum, Bath, 1981 | |
| Publications | Catalogue of Pictures: Exhibition of Pictures in the Possession of the Corporation of the City of Bath, Bath, 1948, p. 19 (as Backhuysen); Marine Painting, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 1970, p. 5 (as Backhuysen); Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain: An Index of Continental Old Master Paintings executed before c.1800 in Public Collections in the United Kingdom, London, 1976, p. 7 (as Backhuysen); Renaissance to Baroque 1520 –1720: Treasure from Bristol and Bath Museums, Holburne of Menstrie Museum, Bath, 1981, p. 7 (as Backhuysen); Sloman, S.,, Victoria Art Gallery: Concise Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings, Bath, 1991, p. 3 (as Backhuysen). | |
| Notes | On the advice of Ab Hoving, the 1997 attribution to the Circle of Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten has been rejected, and a re-attribution to Ludolf Backhuysen has been made. Hoving dated the work to c. 1700, and observed its similarity to Storm on a Mountainous Coast, illustrated in Lof der Zeevaart exhibition catalogue, Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1996, p. 325. Rev. Perkes donated two further works to the gallery. |
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| Rights Owner | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Author | Dr Susan Steer | |