J. M. W. Turner - Art

Art

Willem van de Velde the Younger, Ships on a Stormy Sea (c. 1672) Turner's painting Dutch Boats in a Gale (the Bridgewater Sea Piece) was painted as a pendant to this painting by Willem van de Velde for the Duke of Bridgewater.

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