Driemasters en tjalk zeilend in volle zee
Thomas Sewell Robins
1830 - 1880
Medium
brush
Dimensions
206; 142
About this artwork
height 142 mm x width 206 mm
Art Historical Context
Thomas Sewell Robins (c 1813–1880), a British marine artist renowned for his delicate watercolor depictions of ships and seascapes, captures the of maritime life in *Driemasters enalk zeilend in volle* (Three-Masters and Tjalk Sailing in Full Sea), dated between 1830 and 1880. This intimate work, measuring just 142 mm high by 206 mm wide, a trio of majestic three-masted ships alongside a traditional Dutch tjalk—a flat-bottomed barge used for inland and coastal trade—battling open waters under full sail. Robins' precise brushwork evokes the raw power of the sea and the ingenuity of 19th-century...