Coastal Classics

A stately royal yacht sails through tranquil waters in this detailed 1713 marine painting by L. de Man.

This historic landscape depicts the imposing stone ramparts and gabled roofs of Akershus Fortress under a vast, atmospheric sky.

A detailed 1860 study of naval engineering and maritime history by Danish master Otto Bache.

A masterfully rendered 19th-century portrait of a young sailor at rest by the sea.

A dynamic scene of labor on the riverbank, capturing the rugged energy of seventeenth-century life under a sweeping, atmospheric sky.

A detailed 19th-century maritime painting of a British battleship undergoing maintenance in a bustling dockyard.