Ludolf Backhuysen

baroque

Backhuysen Paintings 1631 - 1708 Dutch Baroque Painter

Ships Running Aground in a Storm, 1680

Oil on canvas, 173,5 x 341 cm

Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

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OIL PAINTING: Ships Running Aground in a Storm, 1680
Backhuysen executed this painting (his largest surviving one) as if he were observing the disaster in the midst of the roiling seas, thus engaging beholders in the unfolding tragedy, encouraging them to empathize with the ships and their crews and to contemplate the powers of God, beyond full comprehension.