The first seascapes in the Netherlands were produced in the 16th century. They flourished in the seventeenth century as an independent genre. Reinier Nooms – better known as Zeeman or Seeman, the name with which he signed his work – was mainly interested in ships and the activity surrounding them. This is unsurprising as he himself was initially a sailor and worked as one for the Dutch Merchant Navy. He is also well known for a series of etchings of various types of ship. The Seascape we see here was formerly attributed to Willem van de Velde the Younger of Leiden, who is regarded as one of the most important seascape painters of his day. The Zeeman signature, bottom right on a drifting plank, came to light when the painting was being restored.
| Artist |
Reinier Nooms
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| Title | Seascape |
| Date | ca. 1650 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right on a floating bar: R. Seeman |
| apocryphal signature bottom right on a floating plank: W.V. Velde. | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1920-G |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1920 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1920-G |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/848/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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seascapes
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300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
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22 natural phenomena Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H13 coast Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass 25H2311 wave Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 26F2 bad weather Iconclass 31A277 movement in water Iconclass 44A3(+2) flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ nation; national) Iconclass 46C(+42) traffic and transport (+ traffic on the water) Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C215(BOW) parts of ship's exterior: bow Iconclass 46C215(MAST) parts of ship's exterior: mast Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass 46C24111 sail Iconclass 46E411 flags flown from a mast Iconclass 47K1 sea and coastal fishery Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 134-135) |
| Chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand (exposition itinérante 'Quarante chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand' Bruxelles, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 12 février - 6 mars 1949 ; Liège, 12 mars - 3 avril 1949 ; Luxembourg, 9 avril - 1 mai 1949 ; Lille, 14 mai - 12 juin 1949) / Georges Chabot, Paul Eeckhout. - Bruxelles : Editions de la Connaissance, 1949 (nr. 28) |
| Willem II van de Velde / Jan-Pieter Ballegeer. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 88-89) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 169 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : The Collection (exhibition opened on March 21th 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2021 |
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