File:Shipping in a rough sea off Malta RMG BHC1892.jpg
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[edit]Alberto Pullicino: Shipping in a rough sea off Malta
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Alberto Pullicino |
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Shipping in a rough sea off Malta  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Shipping in a rough sea off Malta A large detailed painting showing the entrance to Malta’s Grand Harbour with ships seeking the haven in a storm. The view is sea level and there are two ships of the Maltese Order heading for cover the storm and a third has already reached the outer walls. The forts of Ricasoli and St Elmo, where the Knights Hospitallers made their prime bases, defend the harbour approach and are accurately depicted on either side of the harbour mouth. This entrance is shown as a haven to shipping hurrying to escape from the raging storm. Lightning and driving rain can be seen on the right of the painting. Although the painting has traditionally been attributed to Vanvitelli it is now thought more likely to be by Alberto Pullicino, baptised in Valletta, on 6 February 1719. Little is known about him except that he produced two comprehensive sets of views of the Maltese harbour region, several series of views of Malta. His great patron was Stephano Francesco Turgot de Brucourt. The artist demonstrated great technical skill and from these accurate landscape views Pullicino also published a series of etchings. There is another similar view in the collection, see BHC1891 |
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| Date | 18th century | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Frame: 732 mm x 1432 mm x 50 mm;Painting: 597 mm x 1295 mm | |||||||||||||||||||
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BHC1892 |
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| Notes | Depiction association: distant view. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/13370 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: 1936-83 id number: BHC1892 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||||||||||
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