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A Coast Scene, with a Small Dutch Vessel landing Passengers

Jan van de Cappelle (1626–1679)

The National Gallery, London

A Coast Scene, with a Small Dutch Vessel landing Passengers

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A quiet sea under a vast sky. In spite of the calm, there’s a light wind. Grey clouds billow, with enough breaks to cast a luminous light on the water. Two slender poles in midstream mark the safe course up the river at low water, their reflections long because of the angle of the sun. The sails of a small boat fill as it heads out from harbour.

The new-found wealth of the Dutch Republic came over the sea, largely from the East and West Indies, brought in on great merchant ships. But van de Cappelle usually confined himself to the vaulted skies, flat landscape and domestic shipping of the Netherlands that he shows in this picture. Using cool colours and a limited palette he captures the pearly light of the estuary in a composition that’s harmonious but at the same time brooding and atmospheric.

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Title

A Coast Scene, with a Small Dutch Vessel landing Passengers

Date

about 1650-5

Medium

Oil on oak

Measurements

H 59.5 x W 79.2 cm

Accession number

NG2586

Acquisition method

Salting Bequest, 1910

Work type

Painting

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Jan van de Cappelle

1626–1679

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