Shipwreck on a rocky coast
- Artist
- Wijnandus Johannes Josephus Nuijen (1813-1839)
- Year
- 1837
- Genre
- seascape
- Keywords
- coast, sea, ship, storm
- Category
- painting
- Support
- panel
- Technique
- oil
- Composition
- horizontal
- Measurements
- 153.5 x 205.5 cm
- Signed
- bottom left, W.J.J. Nuyen Bz f
- Location
- Museum permanent exhibition
- Owner
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, inv nr A 4645 catalogus nummer 1769 A2
Description
This painting is a highlight of Dutch Romanticism. It depicts the insignificance of man amidst nature. During a storm, a three-masted ship ran aground on the cliffs and sank. The crew desperately searches the beach for survivors. Sunbeams attempt to break through the dark sky, offering a view of the overwhelming, steep rock faces, making the people appear even smaller.
Exhibitions
Sources
- 1947 book ‘from romance to realism’ J. Knoef
- 1967 catalog ‘fantasy and reality’ Dordrechts museum , nummer 120 afbeelding pagina 71
- 1970 book lexicon ‘Dutch visual artists 1750 -1950’ part II P. Scheen , afbeelding 233
- 1975 Bulletin of the Rijksmuseum , 23e jaargang No 2 pagina 73 en 75 C.J. de Bruyn Kops
- 1976 book 'All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum’ , pagina 421
- 1977/1978 catalog 'Wijnand Nuyen 1813-1839 romantic works' exhibition The Hague 1977 (John Sillevis / Nini Jonker) , nummer 48 pagina 82
- 1993 Catalog tentoonstelling Rijswijk ‘The friends of Wijnand Nuijen’ Henk Dinkelaar, bladzijde 49 afbeelding 4.01
- 1995 workpiece 'paintings in the 19th century' Harry Rijpkema
- 2000 book 'Poetry of reality – Dutch painters of the 19th century' Marjan van Heteren / Ronald de Leeuw , pagina 72 afbeelding 37
- 2005 book ‘Masters of romantic art – Dutch artists 1800-1850’ Ronald de Leeuw / Jenny Reynaerts / Benno Tempel, afbeelding pagina 235
- 2006 book 'the Book of Romantic Art' Ronald de Leeuw / Benno Tempel, pagina 276
- 2009 book 'Dutch art in the Rijksmuseum 1800-1900' Gijs van der Ham, Pagina 124 met kleuren illustratie
- 2012 book A.P.P.C.R.E. de Ceva, courtier in the artworld, Hugo Rijpma, page 137 colorpicture and description, pagina 137 kleurenfoto en beschrijving
- 2014 book 'Willem II the king and art' Dordrechts Museum , pagina 111 kleurenfoto
- 2017 book 'romantic art of the north', pagina 43, pagina 167
Provenance
- 1839 collection Colonel de Ceva The Hague
- 1843 Art gallery P.K. Koning Rotterdam
- 1843-1850 collection King William II purchased for dfl 3800,-
- 1850 aution collection King William II The Hague
- 1850 bought by A. Lamme, Rotterdam price dfl 1110,-
- Collection D.R. Dooyes ‘s Gravenland
- 1974 Auction Mak van Waay Amsterdam lot 50 dfl 80.000
- 1974 Collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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