Coastal Classics
Destruction of Tyre
John Martin
A powerful Romantic painting depicting a cataclysmic storm and lightning strike over a churning sea.
Coastal Classics
HNLMS Medusa Forcing the Shimonoseki Strait
Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest
A dramatic 19th-century maritime scene capturing the HNLMS Medusa in a naval engagement within the Shimonoseki Strait.
Coastal Classics
The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama
Édouard Manet
A powerful maritime masterpiece by Édouard Manet, capturing the atmospheric drama of a naval engagement on a dark, churning sea.
Coastal Classics
Launching the Boat, Skagen
Oscar Björck
A powerful and luminous depiction of Skagen fishermen launching their boat into the tide.
Coastal Classics
Warships in a Heavy Storm
Ludolf Bakhuizen
A powerful depiction of maritime struggle, capturing the raw energy of a storm at sea with dramatic chiaroscuro.
Coastal Classics
Duckworth's Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806
Nicholas Pocock
A dramatic and finely detailed depiction of a historic naval engagement by marine artist Nicholas Pocock.
Coastal Classics
The Surrender of Admiral de Winter at the Battle of Camperdown
John Singleton Copley
A dramatic 18th-century naval battle scene capturing a moment of formal surrender on a ship's deck.
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Admiral Duncan Receiving the Sword of the Dutch Admiral de Winter at the Battle of Camperdown
Samuel Drummond
A dramatic 19th-century naval history painting depicting the dignified surrender of the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown.
Contains disturbing content
Coastal Classics
A Dutch Whaling Fleet
Jacob Feyt de Vries
This dramatic 1640 seascape by Jacob Feyt de Vries depicts the intensity of a whaling expedition off a rugged coast.
Contains disturbing content
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Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys off the English Coast
Cornelis Vroom, Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom
A powerful 17th-century marine painting capturing the intense drama of a naval engagement between Dutch and Spanish vessels.
Contains disturbing content
Coastal Classics
The Battle of Barfleur, 19 May 1692
Ludolf Bakhuizen
A majestic and highly detailed maritime painting depicting the grand scale of a historic naval battle.
Contains disturbing content
Coastal Classics
The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar
Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen
A powerful masterpiece of Dutch marine painting capturing the intense drama and fire of a 17th-century naval engagement.
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