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Once a calligrapher, Bakhuizen paints the small, white-topped waves with the same feeling for arcs and coils as he might have had for decorating elegant writing. They roll in to the shore in scumbled curves of white over the deeper blues and greys that give his sea real depth and wetness.
In this picture painted early in his career, Bakhuizen hints at the direction his later work will take: turbulent, terrifying seas in which he shows warships and other vessels bucking in huge waves towards high cliffs that can endanger them – as in An English Vessel and a Man-of-war in a Rough Sea off a Coast with Tall Cliffs, also in the National Gallery.
Title
A Beach Scene with Fishermen
Date
about 1665
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 34.2 x W 48.5 cm
Accession number
NG818
Acquisition method
Bought, 1871
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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