03 — ARTWORK
Ships in Peril
EERTVELT, Andries van · 1623 →
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 170 x 315 cm
- TYPE
- Landscape
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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The precise origins of Ships in Peril by Andries van Eertvelt cannot be identified, it most likely came from a monasterythe complex of buildings used by a community of monks. Among the main elements of the complex are the church, cloister, chapter house (used by the governing body), refectory (dining room) and dormitory (sleeping quarters). in Ghent. The work is signed and dated 1623 and is an early example of a genreIn a broad sense, the term is used to mean a particular branch or category of art; landscape and portraiture, for example, are genres of painting, and the essay and the short story are genres of literature. that was to become exceptionally popular in the Low Countries in the17th century. Although the painting has a moral message, it will have been primarily decorative in purpose like the landscapes from around Brussels.
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@online{wga-rb69b018021aa04,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Ships in Peril by EERTVELT, Andries van},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-07},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/eertvelt-andries-van-rdf20cf53cedd64/ships-in-peril-rb69b018021aa04},
urldate = {2026-09-07},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-07. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
