Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee

nationality
Dutch
birth-death
1630-1708
Creation date
Collection
European
Materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
23 x 28 1/2 in.
Currently On View
Location
Carolyn & William C. Griffith Gallery
Credit line
Marian and Harold Victor Fund
Accession number
1994.117
Provenance
Provenance Research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and information will be added to this record as research is completed. Please contact Annette Schlagenhauff, Assoc. Curator of Research, at aschlagenhauff@imamuseum.org with any questions.
Gallery Label

Ludolf Backhuysen was the leading painter of seascapes in Amsterdam during the last quarter of the 17th century. His earliest biographer declared that he was "taught by nature" and reported that he often put to sea when a storm threatened in order observe the changing conditions of sky and water.

When the weather gods were at their least favorable was when he most loved to board a boat and sail to the mouth of the sea.
-Arnold Houbraken, 1718-21
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