William Brand Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 I've recently discovered some amazing paintings of the Golden Age and earlier and thought I should share them here... First... ca. 1688 - Dutch Whalers off a Rocky Coast by Abraham Storck Second... 1653 - The Battle of Livorno (De zeeslag bij Livorno 14 maart) by Reinier Nooms 1660 - The Battle of Livorno (Leghorn) by Johannes Lingelbach Slag bij Livorno (Battle of Leghorn) by Willem Van de Velde the Elder
William Brand Posted March 31, 2012 Author Posted March 31, 2012 The Frigate "De Ploeg" on the Ij in Amsterdam by Ludolf Bakhuizen (ca. 1685-1695) This one has excellent baskets in the boat to the right.
William Brand Posted March 31, 2012 Author Posted March 31, 2012 Boats in a harbour and a yacht sailing away, also known as Harbour mole of Texel by Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1673. Lots and lots of big hats!
William Brand Posted March 31, 2012 Author Posted March 31, 2012 Ordinance stores!! This is later but the stores are too cool to pass off. VIEW OF THE ‘PONT-NEUF’ FROM THE CORNER OF THE ORDNANCE STORES by Joseph Vernet, 1755
William Brand Posted March 31, 2012 Author Posted March 31, 2012 The building in the background is pure fantasy, but the foreground details of clothes and sundries makes the painting worthwhile. The variety of clothes, baskets, bags, hates, etc. is very good.
Mission Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Wow, thanks for posting these, William! This is most useful for a project I am working on for Easter (of all things.) Check this one (The Loss of the Royal George by John Christian Schetky, c 1840) out: (Yeah, not period, but it's a shipwreck!) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
William Brand Posted April 4, 2012 Author Posted April 4, 2012 Wow, thanks for posting these, William! This is most useful for a project I am working on for Easter (of all things.) Check this one (The Loss of the Royal George by John Christian Schetky, c 1840) out: (Yeah, not period, but it's a shipwreck!) You can tell that it rolled over to Starboard all at once, as it's laying upon another boat. Great painting! from 1703 It looks like a plethora of monmouth caps and tricorns.
Fox Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 Hey Ivan, whose the artist of that painting? Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
Swashbuckler 1700 Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) Hey Ivan, whose the artist of that painting? May I help see wikipedia http://en.wikipedia....of_Vigo_Bay.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludolf_Bakhuizen I have this in other tread but Port from same artist There is interesting mixture of hats: monmouths and trumps, Peter the Greats and round hats and some others as well.... Painter was certainly well informed and his pictures are accurate... Edited April 5, 2012 by Swashbuckler 1700 "I have not yet Begun To Fight!"John Paul Jones
Fox Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 Thankyou :) Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
Mission Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 Look at the detail on that last painting: There's a cowboy hat on the ground. What is the seated guy holding? It almost looks like a cigarette. (To bring up that hoary old topic...) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
Swashbuckler 1700 Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) Look at the detail on that last painting: There's a cowboy hat on the ground. What is the seated guy holding? It almost looks like a cigarette. (To bring up that hoary old topic...) Hmmm I have heard somewhere (well history magasine) that cowboys in reality (in late 19th century) did not even use "cowboy hat" much. Bowler was much more popular style.... Anyway That hat in pic. It is round hat typical to the age and since brim is modest it seems to be sailor's hat.... Mission you have yet to find who pub member looks like that mustachioed fellow with dark suit I have one theory of that "cigarette" it can bee chalk and with it the man is marking barrels and boxes and the sailor is having break and that is why he is sitting. also it can be just a end of the clay pipe and the other end is in his hand.... Is somebody there having a picnic? see the food basket there Edited April 5, 2012 by Swashbuckler 1700 "I have not yet Begun To Fight!"John Paul Jones
Mission Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 Look at the detail on that last painting: Mission you have yet to find who pub member looks like that mustachioed fellow with dark suit There is a guy at PiP (Pirates in Paradise in Key West, FL) named Aldo Barrios who could totally pull that one off. He'd have to apply a fake mustacio, though. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
IvanHenry Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 I built my sea chest based on that painting - it's amazing!
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