Storm Off a Sea Coast, also known as The Breakwater, is a 1670 oil on canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is in the collection of the Louvre in Paris.[1]

Painting of a coastal scene with ships in stormy weather
Storm Off a Sea Coast, also known as The Breakwater, by Jacob van Ruisdael

The painting is called A Storm at Sea Off the Dykes of Holland in the 1911 catalogue raisonné compiled by Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, in which it is catalogue number 961. De Groot described the scene: "On the right is a dyke lined with piles, beyond which is a fisherman's cottage with a few trees. On the left corner of the dyke, great waves are breaking. Farther back rise the masts of several large vessels, as well as the stern with a Dutch flag."[2] The painting is called Storm Off a Sea Coast in Slive's 2001 catalogue raisonné of Ruisdael, in which it is given catalogue number 653.[3]

In the 19th century, Vincent van Gogh called this painting by Ruisdael, along with The Bush and Ray of Light, "magnificent".[4] The Louvre has in French: "L'Estacade ou Gros temps sur une digue de Hollande, dit aussi Une tempête". Its inventory number is INV. 1818. Its dimensions are 110 cm x 160 cm.[5]

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  1. ^ Slive 2001, p. 460.
  2. ^ Hofstede de Groot 1911, p. 296.
  3. ^ Slive 2001, p. 461.
  4. ^ Jansen, Luijten & Bakker 2009, Letter 34.
  5. ^ "The Louvre". Louvre. 1670. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

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