File:English Men-of-War in a Strong Breeze RMG BHC0987.tiff
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Cornelis Boumeester: English Men-of-War in a Strong Breeze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cornelis Bouwmeester |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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English: English Men-of-War in a Strong Breeze One of a contrasting pair with BHC0988. The artist has chosen to portray English men-of-war in a gale, to create a contrast with the companion picture showing Dutch shipping in the calm of a harbour. The painting has been signed with his initials. There is a monogram lower left on a spar. Cornelis Pietersz. Bouwmeester, or Boumeester, was born about 1652, son of Pieter Cornelisz Bouwmeester. On 13 December 1676 he married in Rotterdam, but he and his wife (Adraentje de Back) had no children. They drew up their will on 29 November 1691, when living in the Westwaagenstraat, naming each other as sole heir. Bouwmester signed it ‘CBM’ which the notary confirmed as his mark, though his wife signed in full. He therefore seems to have been, at best, semi-literate, though later documents (the earliest from 1715) show he had learned to sign his name, consistently using ‘Cornelio’ for the first. His wife died in March 1732 and he followed on 10 November 1733, his death being registered in the Orphan’s Chamber in Rotterdam. He is said to have been living on the Vest near the Delftgate at the time. He is known to have been both a painter/draughtsman and a tile painter’ (and thought to have been employed in the tile factory of Jacobus de Colonia) specializing in ‘penschilderij’ (pen painting) work. It was mainly seascapes, though also landscapes and architectural pieces. He signed his work either ‘CBM’ or ‘C. Bouwmeester’ and his tiles were particularly valued by clients as far away as Portugal and France. In 1698 the Rotterdam chronicler, van Spaan, praised him as 'an excellent ship painter. He is also a master at rendering towns, coasts, bays, creeks, storms and shipwrecks, and at representing ships without omitting even the smallest piece of rope’. |
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Date | Late 17th century - Early 18th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on panel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 445 x 570 mm; Frame: 649 x 785 x 97 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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BHC0987 |
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Notes | Within the Museum’s Loans Out Policy there is a presumption against lending panel paintings. Please consult Registration for further details. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12479 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition File No.: NMM6 460/1/31 Acquisition Number: 1930-17 Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P5, 40 id number: BHC0987 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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