Ship in Distress off a Rocky Coast

Ship in Distress off a Rocky Coast
Ship in Distress off a Rocky Coast
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Artist
nationality
Dutch
birth-death
1601-1653
Creation date
Collection
European
Materials
oil on wood
Dimensions
21 3/4 x 31 1/4 in.
Currently On View
Location
Carolyn & William C. Griffith Gallery
Credit line
Gift in memory of Estelle Burpee Chambers and David L. Chambers, Jr. from their family and friends
Accession number
1997.85
Provenance

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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

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The emergence of the seascape as a pictorial subject is one of the most distinctive achievements of Dutch art. Simon de Vlieger's imaginative response to the great enterprise of Dutch seafaring resulted in an influential series of tempest scenes in which the artist experimented with the expressive potential of weather and geography. 

In this work, a ship founders in treacherous waters off a rocky coast. Monks minister to castaways in a metaphoric reference to the human soul, afflicted by fate and in need of spiritual salvation.

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