Adam Willaerts

Ships off a Rocky Coast

Adam Willaerts
Ships off a Rocky Coast

1621 Not on view

Three-masters with billowing sails and fluttering flags lie just off a rocky coast. Along the shoreline, people are busily bringing the fish ashore. The fish are already being sold in the foreground.

Adam Willaerts made a great many fantasy landscapes, to which he often added realistic elements. In the background of this painting, you can see the palace of Rudolf II in Prague.

Technical details

Adam Willaerts
Ships off a Rocky Coast

1621 Not on view

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General information
Adam Willaerts (Antwerp 1577 - 1664 Utrecht)
Ships off a Rocky Coast
1621
painting
1122
Material and technical details
oil
panel
62 x 122.5 cm
Inscriptions
on the boulder in the foreground: A. Willarts. f / 1621

Provenance

Sale Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Co, 6 November 1900, lot 351; purchased by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-1927), 1900; on long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 2000