Marine 1650

water colours

muddy colours

ship

charcoal drawing

possibly oil pastel

underpainting

painting painterly

watercolour bleed

watercolour illustration

watercolor

sea

shadow overcast

"Marine" is a 17th century painting by Salomon van Ruysdael, a Dutch painter who specialized in landscapes. The painting depicts a tranquil scene of a river with a few ships sailing on a calm day. The painting, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, captures the serene and tranquil beauty of the Dutch waterways, a popular subject among Dutch Golden Age artists. This painting exemplifies Ruysdael's masterful skill in capturing light and atmosphere through oil on canvas.