# Turbulent Sea [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MULIER, Pieter the Elder]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 34 x 47 cm ## Commentary Mulier was, with Jan Porcellis, the best of the Dutch marine painters to apply the tonal developments of landscapists such as Jan van Goyen and Salomon van Ruysdael to their chosen subject matter. Since sea, to a greater extent than land, inevitably takes on the prevailing tones of the sky, Mulier tended to use warm tones of pink or bluish-mauve to soften the predominent leaden grey of the sky. His clouds thus often threaten thunder, giving his pictures a distinctive mood. He also liked to paint small boats struggling with a brutal staccato chop thrown up by the shallow waters of the Zuider Zee or the Dutch estuaries, rather than larger vessels riding the larger rolling seas found offshore. Mulier was a member of the Guild of Haarlem, and worked under the influence of Jan Porcellis to whom the present painting was formerly attributed. ## Related artworks - [A Kaag on a Choppy Sea, a Rowing Boat in the Foreground]() - [Dutch Shipping in Heavy Seas]() - [Dutch Ships in Choppy Waters]() - [Dutch Vessels at Sea in Stormy Weather]() - [Ships in a Heavy Sea Running Before a Storm]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()