Battle_of_Gibraltar_1607.jpg
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Summary
Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen : The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q576002
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | marine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
A Spanish flagship is hit amidships by a smaller Dutch warship. It explodes in the middle of the Bay of Gibraltar. 25 April 1607.
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Date |
circa 1621
date QS:P571,+1621-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 136.8 cm (53.8 in); width: 187 cm (73.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,136.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,187U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q190804
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Accession number |
SK-A-2163
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Object history |
July 1905: purchased by the
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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Amsterdam
(as Hendrik Cornelisz. Vroom)
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References | RKDimages, Art-work number 8738 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Rijksmuseum - https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-2163 |
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