A Storm (Ships in the Harbor in a Stiff Breeze)

Jan Claesz Rietschoof was a Dutch painter of marine scenes and naval battles active in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Working primarily in oil, he specialized in dramatic depictions of ships in stormy seas and military engagements at sea, a genre that reflected the maritime power and commercial interests of the Dutch Golden Age. His compositions combined precise nautical detail with dynamic compositions that conveyed both the technical specificity and the turbulent drama of seafaring.

Hoorn, Netherlands