
The painting depicting an Ancient Greek poet Sappho or Safo (c. 615 BC) throwing herself off the cliffs of the Greek island Leucadia because of her love for Phaon, a...

The painting depicting an Ancient Greek poet Sappho or Safo (c. 615 BC) throwing herself off the cliffs of the Greek island Leucadia because of her love for Phaon, a...

The three cargo ships in this large painting are the type of wide-bellied, seagoing vessels used to transport much of the commodities that generated the wealth of the...

Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630—1708) was a German-born Dutch painter, draughtsman, calligrapher and printmaker. He was the leading marine painter in Holland after the departure...

“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,...