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A Coastal Ruin in Italy
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A favourite motif of the Italianates was a small harbour on the Mediterranean Sea with a crumbling quay and a ruin. At right are an African man and a couple of Turkish traders. At the left, a man in northern European clothing gestures out to sea. Overseas trade stimulated an interest for such scenes among Dutch collectors, even though the views were imaginary.
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Credit lineA Coastal Ruin in Italy. 1640 - 1652. Jan Asselijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
