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title: The Golden Age of Dutch Seascapes
date: 2009-06-13T00:00:00-04:00
author: Caroline Herr
canonical_url: "https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/the-golden-age-of-dutch-seascapes"
section: Exhibitions
---
![The Golden Age of Dutch Seascapes](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/images/Exhibition_DutchSeascapes_Hero2_3600px.jpg)

 Past Exhibition

# The Golden Age of Dutch Seascapes

 

On view June 13, 2009 to September 7, 2009

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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Saturday

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Sunday

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## See why, for the Dutch, the ocean was their window on the world.

 

During the 1600s, as the Dutch rose to power as a trading nation, artists set out to capture battles at sea, bustling ports and the natural vistas of wind, sky and sunlight on water. These luminous seascapes introduced the world to a new source of inspiration — the drama, tranquility and romance of land and sea. More than 70 of the finest oil paintings are on view in *The Golden Age of Dutch Seascapes.*

 TOP IMAGE: Ludolf Backhuysen (1630-1708).  *The Merchant Shipping Anchorage off Texel Island with Oude Schild in the Distance* (detail), 1665. Oil on canvas. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. BHC0916. 

 

 

 

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 ![Maritime Art and History](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Collection_MaritimeArt_1700_01.jpg)

Exhibition

Maritime Art

 

Ongoing

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 ![The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/exEndurance_share_001.jpg)

Past Exhibition

The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition

 

June 23 to September 10, 2000

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 ![Sketched at Sea](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ex_SketchedSea_1800_Share.jpg)

Past Exhibition

Sketched at Sea

 

August 12, 2006 to January 6, 2008

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