# A Levantine Harbour

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MINDERHOUT, Hendrik van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 163 x 243

## Commentary

Hendrik van Minderhout painted a number of large exotic harbour scenes such as this which follow in the tradition of Jan Baptist Weenix and Johannes Lingelbach. He favoured compositions built around a central quay lavishly staffed, with Dutch vessels in the open water to the left and Roman ruins or a steep hill to the right to create a high repoussoir and offset his scenes against a richly coloured early evening sky. The present painting shows a Levantine harbour with a galley and a man-of-war coming in to anchor, together with many figures on shore.

## Related artworks

- [A Mediterranean Harbour Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/a-mediterranean-harbour-scene-r68ea897444dee9>)
- [Extensive Rhenish Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/extensive-rhenish-landscape-rb8346cd52ba21c>)
- [Extensive View of a City](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/extensive-view-of-a-city-r02018966342c1e>)
- [The Battle of Lowestoft](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/the-battle-of-lowestoft-rc20baf9219a80a>)
- [The Handelskom at Bruges](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/minderhout-hendrik-van-rda38dd98a2b09a/the-handelskom-at-bruges-r90a99561717464>)

## Attribution

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