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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Two "Overlanders" or Houseboats is a 1653 ink by Nooms, called Zeeman, Reinier, a Baroque work, depicting Water Transport, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows two flat-bottomed boats floating on a wide river. The boats sit low in the water, loaded with barrels and wooden crates. The sky above is bright but cloudy, and the river reflects the boats’ shapes. Reinier Nooms etched this scene around 1654. Boats like these carried goods along Dutch rivers and canals. The drypoint lines catch light and shadow on the wood and water. Look up etching with drypoint.
Reinier Nooms (c. 1623 – 1664), also known as Zeeman or Seeman (Dutch for "sailor"), was a Dutch maritime painter known for his highly detailed paintings and etchings of ships. From the 1650s, Nooms started producing…
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