Ludolf Backhuysen

Jürgen Ovens (1623-1678), Porträt des Dirck (auch Theodor) Kerckrinck, um 1660/61, Öl auf Leinwand, 126,5 x 105 cm © Hamburger Kunsthalle / bpk Photo: Elke Walford HAMBURG.- This exhibition on marine painting from the Golden Age of Dutch culture in the 17th century centres on spectacular works by the main representatives of the genre – Ludolf Backhuysen, Jan Porcellis, Willem van de Velde (the Elder and the Younger) and Simon de Vliegher. In addition to these impressive large-scale seascapes, the display includes paintings... [Lire la suite]

The Darsna delle Galere and Castello Nuovo at Naples, 1703, Caspar van Wittel, Oil on panel, 755 x 1410mm, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK. SALEM, MA.- The Peabody Essex Museum presents The Golden Age of Dutch Seascapes, 70 works by Dutch masters of maritime art working in the time of Rembrandt and Vermeer. Painted during the peak years of Dutch artistic achievement between 1600 and 1700, these superlative, emotional works are the first in which European artists realistically depicted natural settings, rendering... [Lire la suite]