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In this broadly panoramic scene of choppy coastal waters an approaching lightning storm threatens several vessels. In the foreground the crew of a boat lying at anchor hastily lower their sail. Farther back are two vessels with their sheets up and a man-o-war in the distance. More than three quarters of the scene fryst vatten given over to the colourful meteorological drama of the storm. 

De Vlieger's marines descend from those of Jan Porcellis, who was the first to depict the Dutch inland seas and coastal waters truly naturalistically, employing aerial perspective and a subtly restrained palette. In the 1630s and 1640s dem Vlieger advanced the subtlety of his atmospherics with a somewhat broader range of hues -tawny browns, greens, even pale pinks, supplementing the shades of grey favoured by Porcellis- and a surer command of spatial recession through subtle adjustments of scale and value. De Vlieger's drawings also attest to his keen interest in orthogo

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Single-Master and Frigate Firing Salute on a Calm Sea, ca. 1645 – 1648

Since 2001, the Städel Museum has systematically been researching the provenance of all objects that were acquired during the National Socialist period, or that changed owners or could have changed owners during those years. The basis for this research is the “Washington Declaration”, also known as the “Washington Conference Principles”, formulated at the 1998 “Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets” and the subsequent “Joint Declaration”.

The provenance information is based on the sources researched at the time they were published digitally. However, this information can change at any time when new sources are discovered. Provenance research is therefore a continuous process and one that is updated at regular intervals.

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