A Stormy Scene with Figures Unloading Boats Near a House on the Water's Edge

Jacob Cats|Ludolf Backhuysen · Dutch|Dutch

Date: 1785

Medium: Point of brush, gray and blue-gray wash over traces of black chalk

Dimensions: 10 3/16 x 13 9/16 in. (25.8 x 34.5 cm)

Classification: Drawings

Themes: Boats, Houses, Men, Storms, Trees

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1993

Date range

1785 – 1785

Largest dimension

34.5 cm

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