Fishing Vessels Offshore in a Heavy Sea, 1684, Ludolph Backhuysen, Dutch, 1631–1708, 25 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. ( x cm) (canvas)33 1/8 x 46 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( x x cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, Netherlands, 17th century, A fishing boat caught in a storm thrashes about the waves, its mainsail torn. Another boat, in the far right of the picture, is on its way to help. Meanwhile, a merchant ship in the distance heads out to battle the storm. As one of the great marine painters of the 1600s, Ludolph Backhuysen painted many dramatic scenes like this.

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