Historic Maritime Scenes

Captivating maritime paintings depicting harbors, fishing boats, and coastal landscapes with historical significance and serene color palettes.

The departure of Christopher Columbus

Francesco Guardi (Venice, 1712-1793). View of the Giudecca Canal and the Zattere (ca. 1757 - 1758). Oil on canvas. 71.3 x 119 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Jan van Goyen, View of Dordrecht from the Dordtse Kil, 1644 View of Dordrecht from the Dordtse Kil

'A Southern Harbour'. Holland, 1690s. Dimensions: 36,5x57,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Wigerus Vitringa.

A Sperm Whale Washed up on the Beach at Noordwijk, 28 December 1614.A washed-in sperm whale on the beach near Noordwijk, December 28, 1614. On the beach many curious have come to see the whale. There are several fishing boats in the water and on the beach, a group of people are around a number of barrels and baskets with fish.

Anton Schranz el Viejo (1769-1839). Pintor alemán. Vista del Gran Puerto. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Valeta. Malta.

Claude Joseph Vernet (14 August 1714 - 3 December 1789), French painter, here his work, A Grand View Of The Sea Shore Enriched With Buildings, Shipping And Figures (1776), lively coastal scene at sunset with various ships, imposing buildings (such as the fortress on the left) and numerous figures, Painting, Reproduction of the painting, Work of art, Historical

Coastal landscape with port and ships on the water, draughtsman: Christiaan Lodewijk Willem Dreibholtz, 1809 - 1874, paper, pen, brush, h 188 mm × w 324 mm

unknown artist, The Sun Rising in a Mist, 1852-1856. Colored by hand.

The departure of Christopher Columbus

Painting of St.Mawes in Cornwall by JWM Turner

'Landscape with a Windmill'. Holland, Circa 1646. Dimensions: 69x92 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Aert van der Neer.

River Scene with a fortified shore. circa 1640 - 1650. Jan Van Goyen

Arrival of Charles II, King of England, in Rotterdam, 24 May 1660, dear Pietersz. Verschuier, c. 1660 - c. 1665 painting The arrival of King Charles II of England in Rotterdam on May 24, 1660. View of the port of Rotterdam with ships and boats of all sorts; The king is on board the Statenjacht in the middle of the performance. Different ships unload salute shots. canvas. oil paint (paint) sailing-ship, sailing-boat. arrival and return ~ travelling. cannon shots (military salute) (+ sailing-ships) Rotterdam

View of Duurstede Castle at Wijk bij Duurstede. Jan van Goyen (Dutch, 1596 - 1656)

Jan van Goyen (1596-1656). Dutch painter. River Landscape with Fishing Barges, 1642. Richartz Museum. Cologne. Germany.

England, London, Painting of The Royal George at Deptford showing the Launch of the Cambridge in 1755 by John Cleverley the Elder dated 1757

MARINA - 1649 - ASEDIO A MALTA, 1565 - OLEO/LIENZO - 87 x 118 cm - NP 1509 - BARROCO FLAMENCO. Author: EYCK, GASPAR VAN. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA, MADRID, SPAIN.

View of the Avignon port. Kwiatkowski, Teofil (1809-1891), painter

An Evening Calm. Date/Period: Undated, between 1696 and 1749. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 305 mm (12 in); Width: 356 mm (14.01 in). Author: Peter Monamy.

Landscape with River in the Center, with Ferryboat 18th century () Anonymous, Flemish, 18th century Flemish. Landscape with River in the Center, with Ferryboat 335273

Richard Wright, ca. 1720-ca. 1775, British, The Fishery, ca. 1764. Oil on canvas.

Ships off a Rocky Coast, Adam Willaerts, 1621 painting Ships by a rocky coast. There are three English warships and a Spanish Galei in the water for coast. On the beach on the left two gentlemen greet each other with a deep bow, a trumpetter and some fishermen in the middle. Fish is sold on the right. In the distance a castle on a hill. panel. oil paint (paint) sailing-ship, sailing-boat. rocky coast. sea and coastal fishery. trireme, galley

Scarborough, morning, boys catching crabs by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) / Art Gallery of South Australia / c. 1810 / Great Britain / Watercolour on paper / Landscape,Genre / 85x111,7 / Romanticism

The Landing of Henry Hudson 1838 Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889 American) Oil on canvas David David Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

'Parting'. Belgium, 1856. Dimensions: 57x74 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JAN MICHIEL RUYTEN.

'Landscape with Figures against the Background of a Town on a River'. Germany, 18th century. Dimensions: 36,5x48 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JOHANN CHRISTIAN VOLLERDT.

Frolicking on a Frozen Canal in a Town, Abraham Couwenberg, 1830-37, Dutch oil painting on canvas. Men, women, and children walk, push sleds, and skate on ice in winter. Windmill dominates foreground with distant cathedral (BSLOC_2016_2_5)

Frolicking on a Frozen Canal in a Town. Dating: 1830 - 1837. Measurements: h 74 cm × w 100 cm; d 11 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Abraham Johannes Couwenberg.

Claude Lorrain(1600-1682) French artist. 'The Embarkation of St Paul', 1655. (detail) Oil on silver plated copper. St Paul is about to board a boat for Rome where he faces trial and execution. The ruined pagan temple stands as a testimony to the power of Christianity.

Sea harbour. Schmidt, Eduard (1806-1862), painter

The Binnen Amstel and the House of the Orphans of the Diaconie, in Amsterdam, View of the Binnen-Amstel and the Diaconieweeshuis in Amsterdam, print, image, optical print, prints, images, optical prints, height 285 mm, width 439 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1700 - 1799, paper, paperboard, cardboard, prepared paper, watercolor (paint), watercolour, deck paint, etching, brush, cutting, perforating, print maker, printmaker

Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee) (1604/5 - 1682); Oil on canvas; circa1643

Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789). French painter. Morning, 1774. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.

Sea Landscape with the Tomb of the Scipios, by Bruegel Jan the Younger, 17th Century, oil on copper. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera Art Gallery. Whole artwork. Sea landscape sea view sailing ships boats tomb building characters little figures man sea beach coast stairs berth.

The Earl of Rochester's House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey. Date/Period: Between 1700 and 1705. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,073 mm (42.24 in); Width: 2,121 mm (83.50 in). Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenet (1715-1793). "The Saint-Bernard port seen from the Arsenal, 1752". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 27022-14 Borough V, river navigation, peniche, Saint-Bernard port, port, seine, 5th 5th 5, oil on canvas

Saint Valery-en-Caux, Sunset, by Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1852, Kroller-Muller Museum, Hoge Veluwe National Park, Otterlo, Netherlands, Europe

Thomas Mellish, ca.1748-1782, British, Shipping in the Thames Estuary, between 1761 and 1766. Oil on canvas.

The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet ca. 1643 Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) French Claude Lorrains luminous skies and atmospheric effects are milestones in European painting. Like his contemporary Poussin, Claude viewed landscape through a classical lens: he represents the women of Troy setting fire to their ships in an effort to end years of wandering after their city was seized by the Greeks. Distant clouds and rain presage the storm sent by Jupiter at Aeneass request to quench the blaze. The subject must have particularly appealed to the man who commissioned it. Cardinal Girolamo Farnese was a prelate who returned to Rome in 1643, after years of itinerant service as papal nuncio combating Calvinism in remote Alpine cantons of the Swiss Confederation. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #5107. The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not availabl

The Wooden Walls of England, 1856. By Henry Dawson

Gezicht op de stad Molfetta aan de kust. Vue de la ville de Molfetta du côte de la Mer. Voyage en Italie, en Sicile et à Malte - 1778 (series title). Draughtsman: Louis Ducros. Dating: 1778. Measurements: h 143 mm × w 275 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Morning by Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840) / Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover / 1816-1818 / Germany / Oil on canvas / Landscape / 22x30,5

Clearance of the colonnade of the Louvre Pierre-Antoine Demachy (1723-1807). "Clearance of the Louvre colonnade". Oil on canvas.

View of Haarlem by Jacob Van Ruysdael, ca. 1670, Netherlands 17th century.

Spithead, Duncan, Edward, 1860.

Claude Joseph Vernet (14 August 1714 - 3 December 1789), French painter, here his work, Port de Marseille, Port of Marseille, France, Painting, Reproduction of the painting, Work of art, Historical

'View of the Neva with the Sts Peter and Paul Fortress'. Russia, 1750. Dimensions: 81,5x139,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Mikhail Makhayev (after).

View of the port at dawn (Morning). Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-1789), painter

'Nearing The Harbour', c1820. Artist: Peter de Wint.

Hager Selsilis Gebel el-Silsila. Hadjar Silsilis, or the Rock of the Chain.. Roberts, David, 1796-1864. Brockedon, William, 1787-1854. Prints, Illustrations. 1846 - 1849. General Research Division. Egypt, Antiquities, Boats , Egypt, Hydraulic facilities , Egypt, Mountains , Egypt, Silsila, Gebel el- (Egypt)

Storm. Artist: attributed to Joseph Vernet (French, Avignon 1714-1789 Paris). Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 24 3/4 in. (35.9 x 62.9 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pierre-Jacques Volaire (1729-1802). Night seascape near Naples, 1784. Oil on canvas, 131x235 cm.

'The Torre de Oro', 1833, Oil on panel, 39 cm x 48 cm, P02853. Author: DAVID ROBERTS (1796-1864). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

BATALLA DE LEPANTO - REUNION DE LA FLOTE DE LA LIGA SANTA EN EL PUERTO DE MESINA. Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

William Parrott, 1813-ca. 1869, British, Honfleur, Normandy, 1859. Oil on canvas.

Painting titled 'The Return to Amsterdam of the Second Expedition to the East Indies' Painted by Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom (1566-1640). Dated 17th Century

A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs. Date/Period: Ca. 1750. Painting. Oil on copper. Height: 178 mm (7 in); Width: 254 mm (10 in). Author: Charles Brooking.

The Race for Doggett's Coat and Badge. Landscape painting by Thomas Rowlandson, British Museum. Thomas Rowlandson (13 July 1757 - 21 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation.

The Convoy of Isabeau of Bavaria, Jean Truchot, d, 1823, French, Oil on Canvas

View of Cochin on the Malabar Coast of India. Gezicht op Cochin aan de kust van Malabar in India. Couchyn (title on object). Dating: c. 1662 - c. 1663. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 97 cm × w 140 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: ANONYMOUS (REJECTED ATTRIBUTION). Johannes Vinckboons (attributed to).

Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance, London, unknown artist, 17th century, British

People on street, painting, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 73x141

Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba 1648 Claude Lorrain (1600-1682 French) Oil on canvas National Gallery, London

London J. Gruffier Pinacoteca Sabauda, Torino, Italy

Harbour at Sunrise, Claude Lorrain, c. 1637 - c. 1638 painting An imaginary port at the cherries of the day. On the right a Roman triumph arch (based on the Arco Degli Argentieri in Rome) with four travelers underneath. Behind the triumphal arch a sailing ship with two yellow flags on the masts. On the left a round tower (based on the tower of the castle in Tivoli) with four ships around it. In the background an antique city with a pyramid and buildings decorated with statues. In the foreground on the left a boat, two talking men, a man wearing a ton on his back and a sleeping man with a walking stick next to him. On the horizon in the background an island and a rowing boat with three men on the middle plan. canvas. oil paint (paint) painting harbour. dawn

The eruption of Vesuvius and the lantern of the pier of Naples, the last years of the eighteenth century, watercolour on paper, 36x44 cm, Italy 18th century. Detail

YATE FAIRY - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: THOMAS SEWELL ROBINS (1814-1880). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Blackfriars, from Southwark Bridge, plate six from Original Views of London as It Is. Thomas Shotter Boys (English, 1803-1874); designed by Charles Ollier (English, 1788-1859). Date: 1842. Dimensions: 175 × 450 mm. Hand-colored lithograph on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

View of Paris from the Quai de la Rapee (also known as Quai de Berci), by Pierre-Denis Martin, France 18th Century. Oil on canvas.

Nihombashi may, Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849)

The Grand Canal Alfred Pollentine(1861-1889 British) Oil On Canvas Christie's Images, London, England

Claude Lorrain Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula Painted by Claude Lorraine, French painter (1600 - 1682).

Port Louis from La Petite Montagne (Twilight) with a Rider and Figures in Foreground, Thomas Bradshaw, Born 1767, British, undated, Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 1/4 inches (16.8 × 23.5 cm), genre subject, horses (animals), landscape, men, ports, ships, trees, Africa, Mauritius, Port Louis

People on frozen river by Hendrick Avercamp, Oil on wood, 1585-1634, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 24x38

MARTI i ALSINA, Ramon (1826-1894). Barceloneta. ca. 1885. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Monistrol de Montserrat. Museum of Montserrat.

SITIO DE BAR-LE-DUC - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/LIENZO - 184 x 263 cm - ESCUELA FLAMENCA - NP 1471. Author: PEETER SNAYERS (1592/1667). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Henry Haseler, active 1814-1825, Sidmouth from Offshore, ca. 1815. Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Claude Lorrain (1600-1682). French painter. Seaport at sunrise, 1674. Detail. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.

Enjoying the Ice. Dating: c. 1615 - c. 1620. Measurements: support: h 25.4 cm × w 37.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Hendrick Avercamp (mentioned on object).

Building of railroad track by Vasili Vladimirovich Pukirev, oil on canvas, 1871, 1832-1890, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod , State Art Museum, 84, 8x63, 3

River in Berlin by anonymous artist, painting, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 112x158

CLAUDE JOSEPH VERNET PINTOR FRANCES 1714-1789 CARLOS III DE BORBON CAZANDO PATOS EN EL LAGO PATRIA ( NAPOLES ) ITALIA.CASERTA. PALACIO REAL.

The Castle of Batavia. The market of Batavia, with the fortress of the Dutch East India Company in the background. There are Javanese selling fruit, a Chinese selling fish, and Mollucans kicking a rattan ball. The market public includes Japanese, Indonesians, mardijkers’ (freed slaves recognizable by their striped clothes) and a Dutch-Indonesian couple with their slave carrying a pajoeng (parasol). The painting hung in the assembly room of the Oost-Indisch Huis in Amsterdam.

The view of Canal Grande at Sant'eustachio's height, in: Urbis Venetiarum Prosper Celebriores ex Antonii Canal Tabulis XL Aere Expressi ab Antonio Visentini; Visentini, Antonio (1688-1782), Canaletto (1697-1768), Viero, Teodoro (Venice; Publisher; Ca 1750-1819); 1735-1800 (1742-00-00-1742-00-00);Venice (Italy), Italy (state), album, gondolas, Italian graphics, channels, churches (architect), city landscapes, reproductive graphics, relay, weduty, Italian (culture), boats

View of The Hague, by Cornelis Springer, c. 1850-52, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. This is a preliminary study for a more detailed work that was painted by Karsen, and his student, Cornelis Springer, 1852. Sketch is an imagined 17th view of The Hague for a finished painting made for celebrations held on May 27, 1852 for the unveiling of the statue of Rembrandt. (BSLOC_2016_1_119)

Pile Driving on the Banks of the Thames. Genre subject. Watercolor, brown ink, gouache and graphite on medium, cream, moderatley textured laid paper. Height: 492 mm (19.37 in); Width: 664 mm (26.14 in). Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.

The Departure of Charles II of England from Scheveningen, 2 June 1660. Dating: 1660 - 1701. Measurements: h 109.2 cm × w 174.2 cm × t 4.3 cm; d 7.6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Cornelis Beelt.

Dresden from the right bank of the Elbe upstream from the bridge of Augustus, ca 1750, by Bernardo Bellotto, known as Canaletto (1721-1780), oil on canvas, 50x84 cm. Detail.

Camp kitchens with open-air oven, from Meeting at the Field of the Cloth of Gold near Guines, France, 7 June 1520 (copy of anonymous painting at Hampton Court) (detail) (MV6898)

Nijenrode Castle on the Vecht Near Breukelen, Jacobus Storck, 1660 - 1686 painting The Nijenrode Castle on the Vecht near Breukelen. A yacht is moored at the castle. On the water of the Vecht a barge and a rowing boat, a barge on the left. panel. oil paint (paint) castle. river. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Nijenrode Castle. Vecht

The Landing of the Infanta Marìa at Naples. Date/Period: 1649. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,000 mm (78.74 in); Width: 3,100 mm (10.17 ft). Author: also known as Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo.

Painting titled 'Eton College' by Canaletto (1697-1768) an Italian painter. Dated 18th Century

Bourbon and Republican battle between ships off the coast of Procida in 1799, by Saverio della Gatta (active 1777-1827), gouache, 57x82.3 cm. Neapolitan Republic, Italy, 19th century.

The Balloon Flight of Jacques Charles over the Place de la Concorde, Paris, c. 1783, attributed to Pierre Antoine de Machy, French, 1723 - 1807, 15 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (40.01 x 62.23 cm) (panel), Oil on panel, France, 18th century, On December 1, 1783, a crowd estimated at 400,000 people gathered to watch Jacques Charles and Aine Robert ascend in their hydrogen balloon. This painting records their historic flight from the Tuileries Gardens in Paris to the village of Nesle twenty-seven miles away - the longest hot-air balloon flight attempted up to that time.

"The Amsterdam four-masted Ship ""De Hollandse Tuyn"" and other Ships Return from Brazil under Command of Paulus van Caerden ". Dating: c. 1605 - c. 1640. Measurements: support: h 144 cm (*) × w 279 cm (*); d 14 cm; w 60 kg. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Hendrik Cornelisz. Vroom.

Along the Schuylkill by Walter Stuempfig, oil on canvas, 1914-1970, USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, David David Gallery

The Sun of Venice. Date/Period: 1840. Drawing. Watercolour on paper. Height: 219 mm (8.62 in); Width: 320 mm (12.59 in). Author: J. M. W. Turner.

Sacada de la red, Bs.As. Date/Period: 1858. Painting. Sobre papel. Height: 283 mm (11.14 in); Width: 593 mm (23.34 in). Author: Prilidiano Pueyrredon.

The Thames from Hungerford Bridge. John MacVicar Anderson (1835-1915). oil on canvas. painted in 1871. 76 x 152.5cm.

Fishing Boats on the Beach with Fishermen and Women Sorting the Catch, by Wijnand Nuijen, 1835, Belgian painting, oil on panel. Fishwives hold baskets, as children mill about and men secure the boats on the beach (BSLOC_2016_2_167)

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