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The image shows a seascape with sailing ships battling waves. The horizon is low. There is a faint silhouette of a building on the left side. The artwork uses intricate cross-hatching for texture and depth, focusing on the sky and water. The monochromatic color palette plays with light and shadow. The scene is dynamic with waves threatening the ships, under a swirling cloud-filled sky.
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The image shows a seascape with sailing ships battling waves. The horizon is low. There is a faint silhouette of a building on the left side. The artwork uses intricate cross-hatching for texture and depth, focusing on the sky and water. The monochromatic color palette plays with light and shadow. The scene is dynamic with waves threatening the ships, under a swirling cloud-filled sky.

National Gallery of Art · Print

"Scholshuiten" or "Pinken"

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman

Date
c. 1652/1654
Medium
etching with drypoint on laid paper
Classification
Print
Accession number
2016.89.33
Credit line
The J. and H. Weldon Foundation Inc. and Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Verscheÿde Schepen en Gesichten van Amstelredam (Various Ships and Views of Amsterdam): Part III: plate 9

Subjects and terms

  • Boat
  • Sea
  • Sky
  • Figures
  • Cloud
Provenance

(Rob Kattenburg, Bergen); purchased by NGA, 2017.

Inscription

lower center in plate: Schol-Schuÿties, of Pinckies, / 9

NGA object ID 210481. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.