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Naval battle painting: tall sailing ships, smoke over grey sky, a fortress on cliffs at left, a damaged vessel at right.

Battle of Foja Bay, Venetian and Dutch Fleets, 1649

A naval battle unfolds on a stormy sea, with tall sailing ships under billowing sails, smoke drifting across the grey sky, and a stone fortress on rocky cliffs at left. At right, a damaged vessel tilts in the water while small boats and figures crowd the foreground of this oil painting in muted earth tones.

Artist
Abraham Beerstraten (mentioned on object)
Date
1656
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2153 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1656.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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