A Coastal Ruin in Italy — History & Facts
A favourite motif of the Italianates was a small harbour on the Mediterranean Sea with a crumbling quay and a ruin. At right are an African man and a couple of Turkish traders. At the left, a man in northern European clothing gestures out to sea.
Overseas trade stimulated an interest for such scenes among Dutch collectors, even though the views were imaginary.
More Artworks by Jan Asselijn
The Threatened Swan
Jan Asselijn
The Breach of the Saint Anthony’s Dike near Amsterdam
Jan Asselijn
The Tiber River with the Ponte Molle at Sunset
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Peasants by a River Bank
Jan Asselijn
An Italianate River Landscape With Herders On A Path With Their Flock And Donkeys
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Italianate Landscape with Drovers, Cattle and Sheep beside Ruins
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Mountainous Landscape
Jan Asselijn
View of the Ponte Rotto in Rome, Seen from the East
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Landscape With Shepherds And Their Flock Crossing The Ponte Acquoria Near Tivoli
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Drovers with Cattle under an Arch of the Colosseum in Rome
Jan Asselijn
