# Ship in Storm

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SALMON, Robert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/salmon-robert-rb895d2133b2696>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on board, 36 x 50 cm

## Commentary

The theme of ships in danger was common in the seventeenth-century Dutch painting and could symbolize the precariousness of life&#39;s journey.

## Related artworks

- [A Naval Cutter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/salmon-robert-rb895d2133b2696/a-naval-cutter-r52f8c07808d337>)
- [Ship Aground](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/salmon-robert-rb895d2133b2696/ship-aground-rb2e8909d9ad388>)
- [The Estridge off Dover](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/salmon-robert-rb895d2133b2696/the-estridge-off-dover-rdbf9888d1fcaaf>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)