Oil paint on mahogany
Tate Collection
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Robert Vernon
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Dutch Boats in a Calm
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
adults
agriculture and fishing
agriculture, gardening & fishing
architecture
boat, fishing
boat, rowing
boat, sailing
coast
countries and continents
fisherman / fisherwoman
fishing net
harbour
man
Netherlands
objects
people
pier
places
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
work and occupations
<p>Cooke's reputation as a marine painter was established from the time he first exhibited at the British Institution in 1835. In 1837, he made his first trip to Holland. After that his shipping scenes began more obviously to reflect the influence of seventeenth-century Dutch painters. This picture was begun after a three month trip to Holland between July and September 1843. He painted it at the Kent home of William Wells, who was a prominent collector of British art. Vernon purchased it in 1844, having previously bought from Cooke in 1836. Cooke seems to have worked on two other pictures for Vernon, in 1840 and 1842, though neither entered his collection.</p><p><em>Gallery label, April 1993</em></p>
painting oil paint mahogany
Dutch Boats in a Calm
support: 422 × 686 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>Cooke's reputation as a marine painter was established from the time he first exhibited at the British Institution in 1835. In 1837, he made his first trip to Holland. After that his shipping scenes began more obviously to reflect the influence of seventeenth-century Dutch painters. This picture was begun after a three month trip to Holland between July and September 1843. He painted it at the Kent home of William Wells, who was a prominent collector of British art. Vernon purchased it in 1844, having previously bought from Cooke in 1836. Cooke seems to have worked on two other pictures for Vernon, in 1840 and 1842, though neither entered his collection.</p>
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adults agriculture and fishing agriculture, gardening & fishing architecture boat, fishing boat, rowing boat, sailing coast countries and continents fisherman / fisherwoman fishing net harbour man Netherlands objects people pier places sea seascapes and coasts society townscapes / man-made features transport: water work and occupations