Caption:
Dutch fishing boats in rough water, painting, Arnoldus van Anthonissen, 17th century, Signature front, bottom center, on a pole: AA, canvas, oil paint, 30 x 51cm, water surface, sailing ship, Painting depicting sailing ships on choppy water. Under a high gray sky with gray and white clouds, on the right of the second plan, a ship sails in the direction of a small rowing boat on the right. In the left foreground a rowing boat with five persons and three aft sailing ships to the rear. On the horizon to the left of the center is a village with a tower and mill, just as indicated, as well as several other sailing ships, and on the right a bank with faintly visible houses and trees. Signed, 1872