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| Artist | Attributed to manner of Backhuysen, Ludolf, I (Dutch painter, calligrapher, and printmaker, 1630-1708) |
| Title | Fishing Boats off the Coast in a Gale |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1675 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1825 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 34.3 x 47.6 cm |
| Inscription | front ll 'L. B.' |
| Description | Several fishing boats are seen making headway through a rough boiling sea. In the distance a low coastline is visible with dark clouds welling up against the sky. |
| Subject | marine |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Current accession number | 565 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Mrs John Graham-Gilbert 1877. |
| Principal publications | Hofstede de Groot, C., 'Hollandsche Kunst in Schotland', Oud Holland, 11, 1893, p. 136 (nos. 16-19); Hofstede de Groot, C., A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, VII, London, 1923, Backhuijsen, no. 205; Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 19, no. 565, II, p. 33. |
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| Rights status | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author | Robert Wenley |
