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Italianate harbour scene with the monument of Ferdinand I de’ Medici at Leghorn. A romantic evocation of a Mediterranean port scene which alludes to Leghorn (Livorno), Italy. Two large ships are anchored at the quay of an Italianate harbour. The lef
1670
National Maritime Museum

A Dutch settlement in India viewed from the land. This painting, which is one of a pair, shows a busy Dutch East Indies factory port at the height of its success in the mid-seventeenth century. We, the viewers, look along the shoreline to the town beyond.
1670s
National Maritime Museum

A Dutch settlement in India. This painting is one of a pair of grisailles (BHC1934) in which Backhuysen depicted a bustling Indian port. The image captures a busy Dutch East Indies factory port at the height of its success in the mid-seventeenth century.
1670s
National Maritime Museum

Fishing Boats in a Storm off the Dutch Coast at Den Helder. In this painting Abraham Storck depicts the North Sea and the Dutch coast under a threatening sky. Sun and shadow alternate on the turbulent billows. Seagulls are swept along by the strong wind.
1670-5
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Sir John Norris, 1670/1-1749. Norris served with, and under the patronage of, Sir Cloudesley Shovell from 1680 until promoted Captain in 1690. He was present with Shovell at the Battle of Malaga in 1704 and at the capture of Barcelona in 1705 when
1711
National Maritime Museum