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Pointillist landscape of a golden field with curving tracks, a horse and cart, a man with a net, and a running dog.

Misty Sea

Jan Toorop, 1899

Four children in white bonnets play in shallow sea water beside a toy sailboat on a pale beach.

Children of the Sea

Jozef Israëls, 1872

Seated man in green jacket holds palette and brushes beside an easel showing a stormy seascape with a sailing ship.

Portrait of Raden Syarif Bustaman Saleh

Raden Sarief Bastaman Saleh, c. 1840

Oil painting of choppy sea with white surf breaking toward a sandy shore under a pale cloudy sky.

The sea

Jan Toorop, 1887

Painting of a harbour with classical ruins, an obelisk, sailing boats and small figures under a cloudy sky.

Italian harbour view

Jacob van der Ulft, 1650

Oil painting of a rough sea with a heeling white-sailed yacht, a fishing boat with two fishermen, and distant ships under a d

Rough Sea with a Dutch Yacht

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1694

Oil painting of a squadron of sailing warships near a rocky coast, with a rowing boat and two figures on the rocks.

A French Squadron near a Rocky Coast

Jacob Bellevois, 1640 - 1676

Seascape of Dutch warships with white sails and gunsmoke on grey water under a cloudy sky, with small rowing boats nearby.

Conquered English ships after the Four Days' Battle

Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1666

Grey monochrome drawing of a large naval battle with many sailing ships, smoke clouds, and small boats on choppy water.

The sea battle at Terheide

Willem van de Velde, 1657

Grey monochrome naval scene of sailing warships in line on choppy sea, with gun smoke and flags under a cloudy sky.

The sea battle against the Spaniards near Dunkirk

Cornelis Tromp, 1659

Painting of a calm sea with a sailing ship, a stooping figure on the shore, and distant boats under a cloudy sky.

Calm sea

Hendrick Jacobsz. Dubbels, 1650

Oil painting of a sailing ship heeling in a storm, with a small boat in heavy waves beneath dark clouds.

A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’

Willem van de Velde, c. 1680

Grey-toned seascape of sailing warships in battle, with smoke rising and wreckage floating on choppy water.

The sea battle near Livorno

Cornelis Tromp, c. 1659 - c. 1699

Painting of a harbor with a crowded ferry, sailing ships and boats under a dark, stormy sky.

Harbor with sailing ships and ferry

Hendrick Jacobsz. Dubbels, 1650

Oil seascape of large sailing ships and small rowing boats on calm water under cumulus clouds, with gun smoke on the right.

Captured English Ships after the Four Days’ Battle

Willem van de Velde, c. 1666

Painting of moored sailing boats with tall masts and rigging in a murky harbour, with a blue-painted hull in the foreground.

Ships in the ice

George Hendrik Breitner, 1901

Large Dutch sailing ships on a calm sea with white sails, small rowing boats, and a cloudy blue sky.

Dutch Ships in a Calm

Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1665

Oil painting of a sailing boat with a large brown sail tilting through rough sea under dark clouds, with smaller boats on the

A Packet-Boat Sailing before the Wind

Pieter Mulier, c. 1640 - c. 1650

Painting of two sailing boats in rough sea under a cloudy sky, with a distant town and church tower on the left.

Fishing Boats in Choppy Waters

Jan Porcellis, c. 1630

Loose painted seascape of waves breaking against pale cliffs under a dark stormy sky, with a red-roofed building on top.

Stormy Weather on the Coast

Johannes Tavenraat, 1830

Oil painting of a three-masted ship and a small sailboat battling choppy waves under dramatic storm clouds.

Ships in a Turbulent Sea

Johannes Christiaan Schotel, 1826

Oil painting of sailing ships and boats tossed on rough grey sea under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Seascape from the Zeeland Waters, near the Island of Schouwen

Petrus Johannes Schotel, 1825 - 1827

Painting of horses hauling a beached fishing boat onto sand, with two sailboats and figures on a pale, misty shore.

Launching a pink-sterned fishing boat into the sea

Anton Mauve, 1870

Ink drawing of several sailing ships and a rowing boat on choppy water beside a wooden pier, with flags and clouds.

Ships near a Harbor

Experiens Sillemans, 1649

Oil painting of a harbor with an obelisk, classical ruins, sailing ships and small figures under a cloudy sky.

Italian harbor view

Jacob van der Ulft, 1650 - 1689

Painting of sailing ships and rowing boats on calm harbor water beside a quay, under a cloudy sky.

Ships in the harbor in calm weather

Jan Claesz. Rietschoof, 1675

Painting of Dutch sailing ships in a harbour roadstead, with a crowd on the quay and a large cloud overhead.

Dutch Ships in the Roads of Texel; in the middle the 'Gouden Leeuw', the Flagship of Cornelis Tromp

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1671

Ink drawing of Dutch men-of-war sailing on rough sea, with a tricolour flag and crew in rowing boats in the foreground.

"Seascape with the Dutch Men-of-War including the "Drenthe" and the "Prince Frederick-Henry""

Willem van de Velde, 1630 - 1670

Painting of sailing ships and rowing boats in a windy harbour under a dark cloudy sky, with buildings at right.

Ships in the harbor in a strong breeze

Jan Claesz. Rietschoof, 1675

Oil painting of a rough sea with a large Dutch sailing ship, a smaller orange-sailed boat, a fishing boat, and stormy clouds.

Rough Sea with Ships

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1697

Grey monochrome drawing of several large sailing ships moored in a calm harbour with small boats and figures.

Ships after the Battle

Willem van de Velde, 1630 - 1672

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 sailing boats on choppy sea under cumulus clouds, with a wading figure and distant ships.

Seas off the Coast, with Spritsail Barge

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1697

Oil painting of a large sailing ship and small boats on a calm sea under a cloudy sky.

Ships near the Coast during a Calm

Willem van de Velde, c. 1650 - c. 1707

Painting of a grey-green sea with white surf breaking on a dark shore under a cloudy sky.

Seascape at Heijst

Willem Roelofs, 1868

Painting of a busy harbour with tall sailing ships, flags, crowded rowboats and a windmill under a cloudy sky.

The keelhauling of the ship's surgeon of admiral Jan van Nes

Lieve Pietersz. Verschuier, 1660 - 1686

Calm harbor with moored sailing boats, a wooden quay with figures, and a large ship in the hazy distance under clouds.

A Harbor

Willem van de Velde, 1650 - 1707

Crowd gathers on a shore beside moored sailing boats, with a mountain and town in the distant landscape.

The Sermon on the Sea of Galilee

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1600

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

Calm harbor with sailing ships, rowing boats and figures under a large cloudy sky, painted in oil on canvas.

A Calm at Sea

Willem van de Velde, 1650 - 1707

Painting of many sailing boats with cream sails and red pennants on choppy water, with a rowing boat of passengers in the for

Marine Pageant on the Y off Amsterdam

Abraham Alewijn, 1701

Oil painting of assorted seashells, a nautilus, coral and a sea fan arranged on rocks against a cloudy coastal sky.

Shells and Marine Plants

Henricus Franciscus Wiertz, 1809

Seascape of sailing boats and a large ship in choppy water under a cloudy sky, with a Dutch flag and a wooden jetty at left.

Ships near the Coast in windy Weather

Willem van de Velde, c. 1650 - c. 1707

Oil painting of a sailing ship heeling in a storm on rough grey seas, with a small boat at left under dark clouds.

A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’

Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1680

Painting of a harbour town seen through a dark stone arch, with merchants among trunks, barrels and cloth bales.

A Levantine Harbour City

Thomas Wijck, c. 1660 - c. 1670

Calm seascape of Dutch sailing ships at anchor under a blue sky with cumulus clouds, by Willem van de Velde II.

Ships at Anchor on the Coast

Willem van de Velde, c. 1660

Painting of a calm sea with a fishing boat, a wading figure, and a distant sailboat under a soft cloudy sky.

Calm Sea

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1860

Painting of burning English warships on a river with smoke, Dutch ships, small boats and a fortified town at left.

The Dutch Burning English Ships during the Dutch Raid on the Medway, 20 June 1667

Jan van Leyden, 1667 - 1669

Seventeenth-century seascape with sailing ships, a rocky coast, a beacon and figures on the shore under a cloudy sky.

Ships off a Coast

Adam Willaerts, 1628

Moonlit rocky coast with a lighthouse on a cliff, moored boats on the shore and a sailboat on calm water under haze.

View of a Rocky Coast by Moonlight

Théodore Gudin, 1830

Dark harbour scene with crowded sailing masts, rigging, walking figures on a quay, and a grey stormy sky.

Harbour view in Dunkerque (or Dieppe?)

Antoine Vollon, 1880 - 1900

Grey-toned harbour scene of many sailing ships with tall masts and crowds of people and horse carts on a cobbled quay.

Mustering the Fleet in the Harbor of Vlissingen, 1804

Engel Hoogerheyden, 1804 - 1805

Painting of travelers with mules on a wooded path, a rocky cliff at right, and ships in a harbor at sunset.

Italian Landscape with a View of a Harbor

Oil painting of sailing ships at anchor on a calm sea under a cloudy sky, with a figure on the shore.

Ships at Anchor on a Quiet Sea

Jan van de Cappelle, c. 1640 - c. 1679

Oil painting of a sailing boat on calm water under cloudy skies, with a fisherman on the shore at left.

Calm Sea

Hendrick Jacobsz. Dubbels, 1650 - 1676

Loose painting of grey-green choppy sea with white surf, gulls over the water, and distant sailboats under a cloudy sky.

Seascape

Charles-François Daubigny, 1876

Young woman, looking out over sea

Isaac Israëls, c. 1895 - c. 1900

Harbor scene with a round fortified tower, sailors and merchants on the quay, and ships moored on the water.

Italian Harbor with a Fortified Tower

Johannes Lingelbach, 1664

Dutch sailing ships with flags in a harbor under clouds, with elegant figures and dockworkers on the shore.

Dutch Ships in the Roads of Texel; in the middle the 'Gouden Leeuw', the Flagship of Cornelis Tromp

Ludolf Bakhuizen, 1671

Painting of a Dutch three-masted ship with orange, white and blue flags sailing in choppy water under heavy clouds.

Ships off the Coast

Jacob Gerritz Loef, c. 1652

Oil painting of a harbor with a blue-canopied ship, resting men, a nursing woman, pack animals and a stone tower under a clou

Italian Harbor

Johannes Lingelbach, 1650 - 1674

Painting of a rough sea with a Dutch yacht under sail, a small boat with two fishermen, and tall ships in the distance.

Rough Sea with a Dutch Yacht

Ludolf Bakhuizen, 1694

Oil painting of a sailing boat on a stormy beach with figures on wet sand and a rocky headland under grey clouds.

Along the Coast

Louis Meijer, 1840 - 1850

Painting of large Dutch sailing ships with white sails and flags anchored on a calm sea beneath a cloud-filled sky, with smal

Dutch Ships in a Calm Sea

Willem van de Velde, c. 1665

Three women in dark dresses and white headwear stand on a grassy slope gazing at a turquoise sea under a pale pink sky.

Women on the sea

Jan Toorop, 1885

Oil painting of a crowded harbour with a ferry boat of passengers, sailing ships and rowboats under a dark stormy sky.

Harbor with Sailboats and Ferry Boat

Hendrick Jacobsz. Dubbels, 1650 - 1675

Stormy sea with heavy waves breaking against a pale cliff topped by a small red tower under a dark sky.

Storms on the Coast

Johannes Tavenraat, 1830 - 1860

Dutch sailing warship ramming crowded Spanish galleys in rough sea, men falling into the water, smoke and ships in background

Dutch ships ramming Spanish galleys off the English coast, 3 October 1602.[1] Alternative title(s): Dutch ships rammi…

Cornelis Vroom, 1617

Painting of Dutch ships and small boats attacking burning English vessels near a fortified shore under thick smoke, 1667.

The Dutch burning English ships during the Raid on the Medway, 20 June 1667.[1] Alternative title(s): De Hollanders s…

Jan van Leyden, 1667

Painting of ships and boats on calm water beside a harbour town with a stone tower under a cloudy sky.

Ships near Zierikzee with the Zuidhavenpoort in the Background

Hendrick van Anthonissen, 1640

Large three-masted ship with white sails and Dutch flags near shore, with small boats and figures on the beach.

East Indiamen off a Coast

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, 1600

Painting of a rough sea with a large ship, an orange-sailed boat, and a fisherman in a small boat under dramatic clouds.

Rough sea with Ships

Ludolf Bakhuizen, 1697

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

Painting of a crowded naval battle with sailing ships and gunsmoke in the foreground, and a walled city on the distant shore.

Battle between Dutch and Spanish Ships on the Haarlemmermeer

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, 1629

Painting of sailing boats on rough sea under billowing clouds, with a wading figure and distant coastline.

Seas off the Coast, with Spritsail Barge

Ludolf Bakhuizen, 1697

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark uniform with gold braid, a red ribbon and star order, in a gilt frame.

Carel Hendrik Ver Huell (1764-1845), Vice-admiraal van de Bataafse vloot en Minister van Marine van de Bataafse Repub…

Louis Marie Sicardi, 1804

Portrait of a man in a grey coat and black tricorn hat with a green sprig, set against an ochre background.

Portrait of Ludolf Backhuysen II, Painter and Dragoon, Grandson of the Marine Painter Ludolf Backhuysen I

Cornelis Troost, 1735

Seascape with a beached sailboat, figures on the sand, distant ships and large clouds under a blue sky.

An extensive seascape with figures by a boat on a shore near Huisduinen

Ludolf Bakhuizen, 1667

Portrait of an older man in black coat and white collar, leaning on a ledge, with sailing ships in a harbor behind him.

Portrait of a captain or ship-owner

Michiel van Musscher, 1678

Still life painting of a large fish, oysters, shrimp, seashells and a bouquet of flowers on a dark background.

Still Life with Fish, Sea Food and Flowers

Clara Peeters, 1612

Painting of a calm harbour under cloudy skies, with a sailing boat, a masted ship, wooden piles and waterfront buildings.

Harbour View

Jacob Maris, 1890

Painting of sailing ships and rowboats moored in a calm harbor beside a waterfront building under a cloudy sky.

A Calm (Ships in the Harbor by Calm Weather)

Jan Claesz. Rietschoof, 1675

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

Hazy dusk view of a Dordrecht harbor with a church tower, ship masts, and dark boats under a golden sky.

Ships in the Port of Dordrecht

Jacob Maris, 1880

Painting of Dutch sailing ships with flags in a harbor under a stormy sky, with small rowing boats in the foreground.

A Storm (Ships in the Harbor in a Stiff Breeze)

Jan Claesz. Rietschoof, 1675

Painting of Dutch sailing ships in a Mediterranean-style harbor with a fortified hilltop town and figures on the shore.

Dutch Ships in a Foreign Port

Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten, 1658

Painting of a brown-sailed boat on a calm waterway under a heavy cloudy sky, with reeds and a second sailboat in the distance

Gray day with ships

Jacob Maris, 1877

Landscape painting of a road with mule drivers and goats, a harbour with ships on the left, and rocky cliffs under evening sk

Italian Landscape with a View of a Harbour

Dutch sailing warship ramming Spanish galleys at sea, with rowers in the water, smoke, and a fortress in the distance.

Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys near Calais, 3 October 1602

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, 1617

Painting of a misty harbour with tall ship masts silhouetted against a golden sky and birds flying overhead.

Harbour View

Jacob Maris, 1887

Painting of a brown-sailed boat near a sandy beach with a figure at the shore under a cloudy sky.

Beach Scene

Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch, 1870

Portrait of Johan-Hendrick-Louis Meyer, Marine Painter

Jan Weissenbruch, 1850

Painting of Dutch whaling ships among ice floes, with crews hunting whales and fighting polar bears in the foreground.

Whaling in the Artic Ocean

Abraham Storck, 1654

Painting of a harbor at sunset with sailing ships, rowboats and figures on calm water beneath layered clouds.

Harbor at Sunset

Jan Claesz. Rietschoof, 1675

Painting of a rocky cliff with a waterfall, riders on the shore, and sailing ships on a calm sea under a cloudy sky.

Rocky Coast

Simon de Vlieger, 1630

Lunette panel of three Dutch sailing ships with billowing sails and flags on choppy sea under a golden hazy sky.

'Our Pioneers': Seventeenth-Century Ships at Sea

Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest, 1880