Sunlight on a Stormy Sea by Bonaventura Peeters the Elder

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Painting of a sailing ship in rough waves under dark clouds, with sunbeams breaking through on the right.

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A painting of a three-masted sailing ship battling rough, foaming waves beneath a heavy sky of dark and luminous clouds. Shafts of sunlight break through the clouds on the right, while a second vessel appears faintly on the left horizon.

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