Shipwreck in a Storm

1629 (Baroque)

71.7 cm 49 cm

Citation Source image

Van Diest's seascapes are full of vivid details, for example, the figures clinging to the wreckage as ships break up in a violent storm. Protestant sermons and popular literature urged the Dutch to see moral lessons in nature and everyday life. Whether a shopkeeper or ship own...

Drawing

id
id
6636
contentType
contentType
drawing
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
1
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.877_Fnt_TR_T86III.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.877_Fnt_TR_T86III.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.877_Fnt_TR_T86III.jpg
imageCount 1
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.877