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Source Description
In 17th-century Europe, what caused storms and weather in general was not understood. Many people saw terrible storms in a personalized way, as evidence of God's power and anger at human failings. The wreckage of a ship and crewmen fighting for their lives can be seen in the violent waves in the foreground. The mountains and style of architecture indicate the Italian coast, so a viewer in Antwerp could feel a satisfying shudder without feeling directly threatened. The shipwreck off a mountainous (and therefore foreign) coast was a favored theme for Jan Peeters, as in a similar painting in The Hermitage Museum In St. Petersberg.
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Document identity
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34825
label
Southern Seaport in a Storm
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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34825
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drawing
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normalized
title
Southern Seaport in a Storm
description
In 17th-century Europe, what caused storms and weather in general was not understood. Many people saw terrible storms in a personalized way, as evidence of God's power and anger at human failings. The wreckage of a ship and crewmen fighting for their lives can be seen in the violent waves in the foreground. The mountains and style of architecture indicate the Italian coast, so a viewer in Antwerp could feel a satisfying shudder without feeling directly threatened. The shipwreck off a mountainous (and therefore foreign) coast was a favored theme for Jan Peeters, as in a similar painting in The Hermitage Museum In St. Petersberg.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1660-1669 (Baroque)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Painting & Drawing
paintings
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1
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1
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import
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cm
width
71.2
height
126.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 28 1/16 x W: 49 3/4 in. (71.2 x 126.4 cm)
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med
oil on canvas
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3551
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BAR
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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