Claes Claesz. Wou (1592-1665)

Threemasters foundering off a rocky coast, in a gale

细节
Claes Claesz. Wou (1592-1665)
Threemasters foundering off a rocky coast, in a gale
indistinctly signed and dated on a piece of driftwood lower right WO..1661
oil on canvas
48.3 x 65.2 cm

拍品专文

The present lot with its rough waves with large crests and its monochrome palette is typical of the last manner of the artist, when he often depicted ships in distress (see L.J. Bol, Die Holländische Marinemalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, 1973, p.81). The influence of Jan Porcellis is apparent.