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Rijksmuseum

12 works

Painting of fishing boats with brown sails in choppy surf, with fishermen and women carrying baskets on the wet sand.

Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, c. 1875 - c. 1885

Painting of sailing ships and small boats on choppy water before a town with a church spire and a castle, under a cloudy sky.

Ships off IJsselmonde

Aert Anthoniszoon, 1617

Oil painting of a busy harbor canal with sailing ships, flags, a town skyline, and a crowd of riders and carts on a dike.

The departure of a dignitary from Middelburg

Adriaen van de Venne, 1615

Oil painting of large sailing ships with flags surrounded by small boats on green water, with a city skyline on the right.

The return to Amsterdam of the second expedition to the East Indies

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, 1599

Winter scene of skaters, an ice-boat and a sleigh on a frozen canal before a brick town, painted in 1611.

Landscape with Frozen Canal, Skaters and an Ice-Boat

Adam van Breen, 1611

Oil painting of a large central galleon among many sailing ships on rough green sea, with small boats and swimming horses in

The Spanish Armada off the English Coast in 1588

Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen, c. 1620 - c. 1625

Monochrome ink drawing of tall sailing warships with flags and smoke in a harbour, with small rowing boats on calm water.

"The Failed Attack of the English on the Return Fleet in the Port of Bergen, Norway, 12 August 1665: an episode from…

Willem van de Velde, 1669

Painted naval battle in a bay beneath rocky hills, with sailing ships, smoke, and marching troops on the shore.

Victory over the Spanish near Gibraltar by a Fleet Commanded by Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck, 25 April 1607

Adam Willaerts, 1617

Painting of large sailing ships and small boats on a river before a town with a church spire and turreted castle.

Ships off IJsselmonde

Aert Anthonisz, 1617

Painting of a three-masted ship with billowing sails battling large waves under a hazy orange sky.

Ships in a Storm

Andries van Eertvelt, 1600

Painting of large sailing ships with flags offshore, fishermen and villagers on a rocky beach, and a castle on a hill.

Ships off a Rocky Coast

Adam Willaerts, 1621

Etching of a sailing boat and rowboat on a calm, reflective sea with distant sails on a misty horizon.

Boats on a misty and calm sea

Arthur John Trevor Briscoe, 1925