Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman

Zeeman, Reinier
Seeman

Dutch, 1623 or 1624 - 1664

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Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Harbor Scene with Mountainous Background, probably c. 1656, etching, Gift of Addie Burr Clark, 1946.9.272

Harbor Scene with Mountainous Background

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · probably c. 1656 · etching ·  Accession ID  1946.9.272

A sage-green harbor teems with more than a dozen sailing ships and rowboats under a pale gray sky in this horizontal painting. The horizon comes about one-fifth of the way up the composition, and dark gray and white clouds tower above. Light filters onto the scene through the clouds from our left to fall across the ships while casting shadows on the water nearest us. Painted in tones of slate gray and warm brown, most of the ships closest to us have their sails furled so the masts and horizontal yard arms bristle against the sky. The larger ships have cannons poking out of square portholes. On our right, a war ship floats with its ornately carved and gilded stern facing us. A flag flying from the tallest of the three masts has red, white, and green stripes. The artist painted his name on that flag, “R. Zeeman.” The ship is tied to a buoy with a length of rope, and an empty rowboat is tethered to the right side of the ship. A similar ship but with the sails hanging loosely is tied to a buoy just beyond this one. A row of pickets, like a fence, extends into the water behind these two ships. To our left, a rowboat full of men has pulled up alongside a partially sunken ship, its masts tilting toward us. A few people stand on two more ships nearby. A black temporary dock floats next to the leftmost ship here. A person mixes something that smokes on the platform, and another person stands on a board lifted halfway up the ship’s side, presumably working on a repair. Two women in another rowboat next to the floating dock lean over the side, washing clothes. Another fence encloses the harbor to our left, and a hut in the middle of the harbor is surrounded by a similar structure. Two rowboats closer to us are filled with men wearing tall hats and black or brown coats, and women wearing black bonnets and white shawls. More sailing ships and rowboats move back or around beyond the harbor, out to sea. Visible cracks cover the surface of the painting.
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Amsterdam Harbor Scene, c. 1654/1655, oil on canvas, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, 2011.3.1

Amsterdam Harbor Scene

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · c. 1654/1655 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2011.3.1

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, View of Inland Waterway with Fishermen, c. 1656, etching on laid paper, Gift of Dr. Klaus Anselm, 2018.28.4

View of Inland Waterway with Fishermen

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · c. 1656 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2018.28.4

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Inland Waterway with Two Galliots at the Right, c. 1656, etching on laid paper, Gift of Dr. Klaus Anselm, 2018.28.8

Inland Waterway with Two Galliots at the Right

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · c. 1656 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2018.28.8

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Three Sailing Vessels at Choppy Sea, c. 1656, etching on laid paper, Gift of Dr. Klaus Anselm, 2018.28.3

Three Sailing Vessels at Choppy Sea

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · c. 1656 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2018.28.3

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, A "Duinopschuit," a Smaller Sailing Boat, and a Rowboat, c. 1656, etching on laid paper, Gift of Dr. Klaus Anselm, 2018.28.5

A "Duinopschuit," a Smaller Sailing Boat, and a Rowboat

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · c. 1656 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2018.28.5

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Shore of Inland Waterway with a Ketch, Two Smaller Boats, and Fisherman, c. 1656, etching on laid paper, Gift of Dr. Klaus Anselm, 2018.28.6

Shore of Inland Waterway with a Ketch, Two Smaller Boats, and Fisherman

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · c. 1656 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2018.28.6

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Beach Scene with Ketches and other Fishing Boats, c. 1656, etching on laid paper, Gift of Dr. Klaus Anselm, 2018.28.7

Beach Scene with Ketches and other Fishing Boats

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · c. 1656 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2018.28.7

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Three Sailing Vessels on Calm Waters, c. 1656, etching on laid paper, Gift of Dr. Klaus Anselm, 2018.28.2

Three Sailing Vessels on Calm Waters

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · c. 1656 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2018.28.2

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, Title Page: Fishing Boats and Staten Sloop, c. 1656, etching on laid paper, Gift of Dr. Klaus Anselm, 2018.28.1

Title Page: Fishing Boats and Staten Sloop

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · c. 1656 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2018.28.1