Large Early 18th Century Coastal Capriccio

An early eighteenth century capriccio depicting ships by an imaginary coastline with figures in the foreground.

This painting is entirely characteristic of the Continental or Dutch Italianate School (artists who were followers of Claude Lorrain, Adriaen va Diest, or Alessandro Grevenbroeck).

Oil on canvas, held in a simple ebonised wooden frame.

Dimensions refer to outer framed size.