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Storm at Sea
Robert Salmon (English, 1775–1845 or after (active in the United States 1828–42))
1840
Medium/Technique
Oil on panel
Dimensions
41.91 x 61.59 cm (16 1/2 x 24 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815-1865
Accession Number48.473
ClassificationsPaintings
The low horizon and contrasting lights and darks indicate Salmon's longstanding awareness of such seventeenth-century Dutch painters as Willem van de Velde and Jacob van Ruisdael. The strong atmospheric effects in this particular painting also may show the influence of J. M. W. Turner's use of color and light.
InscriptionsReverse: No 44/Painted by R. Salmon/1840
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. James A. Sullivan, Boston, 1944; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1944; to MFA, 1948, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik.