Terms and conditions of use
A Mediterranean port scene
1652
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 66.0 × 102.0 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed in grey paint c.: Gio Batta Weenix f. 1652
- Accession Number
- E1-1977
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1977
© Public Domain
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- 17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
-
Trained by the Utrecht painter Abraham Bloemaert, Jan Baptist Weenix went to Rome in 1643, where he joined a lively society of Dutch and Flemish painters named the Bentvueghels (Birds of a Feather). Despite a reputation for buffoonery, the Northern painters conveyed an appreciation of adopted, classical setting in sophisticated, if sometimes irreverent, interpretations of the Italian landscape. Weenix returned to Utrecht in 1649 where he is credited with introducing the Italian harbour motif into Dutch painting. In this scene, the far-flung sources of Holland’s wealth are evoked through the exotic mix of trade, travel and industry taking place at a portside tavern.
- Subjects (general)
- Cityscapes Human Figures Marines and Seascapes
- Subjects (specific)
- barrels (containers) coopers ports (settlements) taverns travellers (people by activity)
