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Portuguese Carracks off a Rocky Coast

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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This large, detailed panel is the oldest painting of the sea by a Flemish or Flemish-trained artist in the collection of the National Maritime Museum. It is one of the few contemporary paintings of ships of the first half of the sixteenth century and one of the best representations of the first generation of ocean-going merchantmen. The subject is generally thought to be the carrack 'Santa Catarina de Monte Sinai' bringing the Infanta Beatriz, second daughter of King Manuel of Portugal, to Villefranche for her marriage to Charles III, Duke of Savoy, in 1521. The Portuguese vessels are shown wearing Manuel's flags and emblems. However, considering the distinctly Flemish style of the painting, this identification of the subject remains debatable.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

Portuguese Carracks off a Rocky Coast

Date

c.1540

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 78.7 x W 144.7 cm

Accession number

BHC0705

Work type

Painting

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