A Ship Wrecked on a Shore on a Stormy Night, with Survivors Salvaging Their Goods by Ludolf Backhuysen — Ludolf Backhuysen. A Ship Wrecked on a Shore on a Stormy Night, with Survivors Salvaging Their Goods, 1695–1708. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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A Ship Wrecked on a Shore on a Stormy Night, with Survivors Salvaging Their Goods

by Ludolf Backhuysen

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Artist: Ludolf Backhuysen (Dutch, Emden 1630–1708 Amsterdam)
Date: 1695–1708
Medium: Brush and gray and black wash, over a sketch in black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 7/16 in. (25.5 x 34.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, in memory of Frits Markus, 2005
Accession no.: 2005.68

Provenance

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