File:Destruction of the Soleil Royal at the Battle of La Hogue, 23 May 1692 RMG BHC0334.tiff
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Summary
Peter Monamy: Destruction of the Soleil Royal at the Battle of La Hogue, 23 May 1692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
label QS:Lnl,"De ondergang van de Soleil Royal in de zeeslag bij La Hougue, 23 mei 1692" |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | marine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Destruction of the Soleil Royal at the Battle of La Hogue, 23 May 1692 In this relatively small, signed painting Peter Monamy employs a simple composition to depict a crucial scene from the wider context of the Battle of Barfleur, a naval battle of the War of the League of Augsburg, which was fought between an Anglo-Dutch and a French fleet in May 1692. The action was continuously hampered by fog and was not finally brought to a successful conclusion until 24 May in the Bay of La Hougue, in the course of which the French flagship ‘Soleil Royal’ was burned by the English. In Monamy’s painting the burning vessel can be seen on the right in the middle distance. It is depicted from a raised viewpoint looking into the bay across calm, empty waters dotted with wreckage. Red and brownish smoke and flames of the ‘Soleil Royal’ and two other destroyed ships of the French fleet, the ‘Triomphant’ and ‘Admirable’, dramatically rise in to the sky counterbalancing the cool overall greys and blues of the wetly-painted scene. The pictorial effect is created through the contrast between the fire and the austere and almost solitary atmosphere around it. In the distance to the left more vessels are entering the bay. Peter Monamy was one of the first English artists to continue the tradition of Willem van de Velde the Younger’s marine painting into the 18th century and his work is representative of the early British school of maritime art, which still shows an overwhelming influence of the Dutch style. Monamy was self-taught, but may have worked in van de Velde’s studio in Greenwich. |
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Date |
18th century date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Frame: 722 mm x 860 mm x 107 mm;Painting: 485 mm x 660 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC0334 |
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Notes | Signed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11826 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1931-24 Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P38, 211 id number: BHC0334 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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