MULIER, Pieter the Younger
(b. 1637, Haarlem, d. 1701, Milano)

Shipping off a Rocky Coast in Storm

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Oil on canvas, 27 x 33 cm
Private collection

Pieter Mulier the Younger, nicknamed 'Pietro Tempesta', was a dramatic marine artist active in Italy.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 10 minutes):
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E flat major RV 253 op. 8 No. 5 (Storm at sea)