
“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” ― Albert Pike. Aernout Smit, A Shipwreck in a Heavy Storm along a...

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” ― Albert Pike. Aernout Smit, A Shipwreck in a Heavy Storm along a...

The Dutch marine painter Aernout Smit (1641/2—1710) knew exactly what ingredients were needed to produce an exciting seascape: a darkening, cloudy sky, towering waves,...