Zeilboten c. 1841 - 1865

"Zeilboten," meaning "Sailing Boats" in Dutch, is a collection of five quick sketches by Petrus Johannes Schotel, a Dutch painter and draughtsman, dated between 1841 and 1865. These studies of sailing boats, executed in graphite, provide a glimpse into Schotel's artistic process. The artist likely created these sketches as preliminary studies for larger compositions. The loose and gestural lines of the sketches capture the movement of the boats in a dynamic and expressive way, characteristic of his artistic style. The work is housed in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, offering art lovers a chance to observe Schotel's approach to capturing the dynamic movement of sailing ships.