Dutch Boats in a Gale

Duch Boats in a Gale
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1801
TypeOil on canvas, seascape painting
Dimensions163 cm × 221 cm (64 in × 87 in)
LocationNational Gallery, London

Dutch Boats in a Gale is an 1801 oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. A seascape, it depicts Dutch fisherman struggling against a storm.

It was commissioned by the Duke of Bridgewater as a companion piece to a seventeenth century painting in his possession. It was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition at Somerset House. Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery in London.

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