Harvard Art Museums > 1954.58: Ships in Distress on a Rocky Coast Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ships in Distress on a Rocky Coast (Simon de Vlieger) , 1954.58,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228517. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1954.58 People Simon de Vlieger, Dutch (Rotterdam 1600/1601 - 1653 Weesp) Title Ships in Distress on a Rocky Coast Other Titles Alternate Title: The Wreckers Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1630 Places Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228517 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on cradled panel Dimensions 41.4 x 63.5 cm (16 5/16 x 25 in.) frame: 62 x 84 cm (24 7/16 x 33 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r.: S de Vlieger Provenance Recorded Ownership History E. M. Hayden, New Britain, CT, sold or consigned; to [Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., Boston, MA] sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1954. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 1954 Object Number 1954.58 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990) Susan Donahue Kuretsky, Time and Transformation in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art, exh. cat., Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY, 2005), repr. as fig. 130, p. 178, under no. 34 Exhibition History Calming the Tempest with Peter Paul Rubens, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/22/2001 - 03/17/2002 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Related Works Straus.7840 Artist of original: Simon de Vlieger X-radiograph(s) of "Seascape, the Wreckers" Photographs Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu