Ships at Anchor
1650
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
1650
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
Ships at Anchor is a 1650 unspecified by Unknown, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Rijksmuseum.
You see a round painting of ships floating on calm water. A big warship flies Amsterdam’s coat of arms on its stern. Smaller fishing boats and a few ducks bob in the foreground. The shape is unusual—most seascapes are rectangles. The round frame makes the scene feel like a peek through a telescope or a ship’s porthole. Nobody knows who painted it, so the work feels like a quiet guest in the museum. To see more paintings shaped like this, look up the Rijksmuseum.
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