In the 17th century, seascapes evolved into a separate genre. Accounts of naval battles, voyages of discovery, ceremonies at sea and pictures of famous ships were generally of a more documentary nature. However, many seascapes were not literal representations of real life but reveal a broader artistic freedom and inspiration and usually with a hidden symbolism. The Battle of Lepanto by Andries van Eertvelt, who was one of the first seascape painters in the Netherlands, is a good example of this. The Battle in 1571 resulted in the total destruction of the Ottoman navy. Van Eertvelt used the subject to pass on a message to the spectator. The Turkish ship in the foreground on the right is dashed against the rocks and sinks with all on board. The ships sailing under the Dutch flag survive the storm. On one of the ships on the left we read the words ‘Godt sy met ons allen’ (God be with us all). Although this was a common motto on a ship it also points to the deeper meaning of the work, namely, trust in God and you will survive the storms of life.
| Artist |
Andries van Eertvelt
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| Title | The Battle of Lepanto |
| Date | 1623 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature, year and inscription at the left on the ship: VAN E [ER]TVELT [1]623 / GODT SY MET ONS ALLEN ANNO 1623. |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | S-88 |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-88 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6865/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300117546
seascapes
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300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25H1
landscapes in the temperate zone
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25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass 25H2311 wave Iconclass 25H2322(MEDITERRANEAN SEA) sea (MEDITERRANEAN SEA) Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 26C3 storm Iconclass 44A3 flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) Iconclass 44A3(+2) flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ nation; national) Iconclass 44A31 banner, standard (as symbol of the state, etc.) Iconclass 45 warfare; military affairs Iconclass 45A1 war Iconclass 45H3(+3) battle (+ naval force) Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C291 shipwreck Iconclass 46C292 drowning, shipwrecked person Iconclass 46C298 damage (to a ship) Iconclass 61D(GREECE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (GREECE) Iconclass 61E(LEPANTO) names of cities and villages (LEPANTO) Iconclass 61E(NÁVPAKTOS) names of cities and villages (NÁVPAKTOS) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Note des tableaux dessins et estampes déposés dans la ci-devant école de l'abbaye de Baudeloo. Ceux marqués d'un K sont conformes à la note du 10 ventôse an V, trouvés au quartier de l'abbé de Saint-Pierre / Charles Piot. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (nr. 323) |
| Notice et description des tableaux et statues exposés au Muséum du Département de l'Escaut situé à Gand dans l'église de la ci-devant Abbaye St. Pierre + Plusieurs statues antiques et bustes, moulées en plâtre sur les originaux qui sont au Musée de Paris / Pierre François Antoine de Goesin-Verhaeghe. - A Gand : De l'Imprimerie de P.F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe, 1802 (nr. 217) |
| Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche schilderschool / Frans Jozef Peter Van den Branden. - Antwerpen : J.-E. Buschmann, 1883 (jg. 2, p. 177) |
| Catalogue du musée de peinture de la ville de Gand, 1900 / Louis Maeterlinck. - Gand : Imprimerie Victor Van Doosselaere, 1900 (nr. 56) |
| Marine, par André van Artvelt ( Andries van Eertvelt) / Louis Maeterlinck. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (nr. 335) |
| Antwerpse zeeschilders in de zeventiende eeuw / Paul Verbraeken. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (s.d., s.p.) |
| De zee en de Kunst : Andries von Eertvelt, Schipbreuk van een Turks oorlogsschip / Norbert Hostyn. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (jg. 29; nr. 196; p. 5-8) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 49, 59) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent = Museum of Fine Arts Ghent / Claudie De Guillebon, Jacques Ostier, Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Parijs : Association des Amis de "Musées 2000", 1989 (p. 64 (ill. 361)) |
| 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. 85 (ill.)) |
| Vlaanderen en de Zee : Van Pieter Bruegel de Oude tot de Fluwelen Brueghel (tentoonstelling Cassel, Musée départemental de Flandre, 04.04 - 12.07.2015) / Sandrine Vézilier-Dussart, Cécile Laffon, Lawrence Otto Goedde, Manfred Sellink, Stéphane Curveiller. - Cassel : Musée départemental de Flandre (Cassel), 2015 ; Gent : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (p.93) |
| La Flandre et la mer : De Pieter Bruegel l'Ancien à Jan Brueghel de Velours (exposition Cassel, Musée départemental de Flandre, 04.04 - 12.07.2015) / Marie-Émilie Fourneaux, Éléonore Larbaud, Stéphanie Pioda. - Cassel : Musée départemental de Flandre (Cassel), 2015 ; Parijs : Beaux Arts éditions, 2015 |
| From Titian to Rubens : Masterpieces from Antwerp and other Flemish Collections (exhibition Venice, Palazzo Ducale, 05.09.2019 - 01.03.2020) / Ben Van Beneden, Fred G. Meijer, Timothy De Paepe, Dirk Imhof. - Venice : MUVE, 2019 (pp.202-203) |
| Da Tiziano a Rubens : Capolavori da Anversa e da altre collezioni fiamminghe (mostra Venezia, Palazzo Ducale, 05.09.2019 - 01.03.2020) / Ben Van Beneden, Fred G. Meijer, Timothy De Paepe, Dirk Imhof. - Venezia : MUVE, 2019 (pp.202-203) |
| 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 |
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