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Source Description
A fishing village is being lashed by a violent gale. The fisherman's wives struggle across the dunes to mount an old fortification at the left. Beyond are an Argand lighthouse and the village houses with red tile roofs glistening in a shaft of light that has pierced the glowering sky. Several men struggle to raise a blue and white signal flag at a post near the sea's edge.The former identification of the site as the coast at the village of Scheveningen, near The Hague, cannot be substantiated. The presence of a lighthouse in close proximity to houses did not occur at Scheveningen nor elsewhere, given the danger of fire.
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Document identity
localId
5990
label
A Windy Day
core
obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
5990
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
A Windy Day
description
A fishing village is being lashed by a violent gale. The fisherman's wives struggle across the dunes to mount an old fortification at the left. Beyond are an Argand lighthouse and the village houses with red tile roofs glistening in a shaft of light that has pierced the glowering sky. Several men struggle to raise a blue and white signal flag at a post near the sea's edge.The former identification of the site as the coast at the village of Scheveningen, near The Hague, cannot be substantiated. The presence of a lighthouse in close proximity to houses did not occur at Scheveningen nor elsewhere, given the danger of fire.
provenance
John Wolfe, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John Wolfe Sale, New York, 1882, no. 32; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1882, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1870
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
panel paintings
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
59.7
height
80.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 23 1/2 x W: 31 13/16 in. (59.7 x 80.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] In red at lower left: A Achenbach; [Date] In red at lower left: 70
med
oil on wood (mahogany) panel
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2952
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EAN
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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0a49081d5369cda4
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2
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photo
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