PYNACKER, Adam
(b. 1620/21, Schiedam, d. 1673, Amsterdam)

View of a Harbour in Schiedam

1650-52
Oil on canvas, 56 x 46 cm
Private collection

In this serene view of a Dutch harbour, evidently the artist's hometown of Schiedam, Pynacker brings the light of a late afternoon on the Mediterranean to the north. The coppery illumination of the setting sun recalls landscapes by Jan Both and Italianate scenes by Pynacker himself.