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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Dutch
Title:Warship
Date Made:17th century
Type:Stained Glass
Materials:glass
Measurements:panel: 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.; 22.225 x 26.67 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2018.216
Credit Line:Gift of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
ID))): The stained glass pane, depicting a naval scene in a central oval panel, features a man-of-war ship on rough waves. The warship is flying three flags, one all red and two featuring Dutch colors, and has three masts all with rolled-up sails except for the spanker sail. The ship’s stern is adorned with elaborate wood carvings and golden decorations. The hull is equipped with cannons, and a cannon on the stern is mid-firing. Smoke from the ship’s cannons covers the horizon entirely. Behind the ship’s bow, another mast emerges from the cloud of smoke. The central scene is framed by a larger octagonal pane divided into four sections around the oval panel. These are decorated with identical gold acanthus leaves in each quadrant, against a translucent background. (Tomasz Andrzej Grzybowski)

Tags:
seas; boats; flags; sails; woods; shape; abstract; battles; smoke; design; weapons

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