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The pilings by the jetty and closer to us, blackened and dripping with weed, give a sense of age and permanence, almost as if van de Cappelle’s vision of the sea as calm and unthreatening is true. The geometry of their shapes, heavy and firm, is repeated – but with finer, cobwebby lines – by the masts, booms and ropes of the two vessels beyond them.
Sadly the condition of the painting prevents us from seeing the full misty atmosphere the artist intended to evoke through his subtle handling of the colours.
Title
Vessels Moored off a Jetty
Date
probably 1650-60
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 35.2 x W 42.3 cm
Accession number
NG6406
Acquisition method
Presented by the Misses Rachel F. and Jean I. Alexander; entered the Collection in 1972
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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