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Drying Sails off Spithead

Catalog no. 0000838

MediumOil on Panel
Size11 x 15 Inches Inches
SignedSigned LR: D. Serres
DateCirca 1780

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About the artist

Dominic Serres is considered to be one of the most talented and influential marine painters to emerge from eighteenth century Europe. Born in France to a family of nobility, he was urged by his parents to join the priesthood. His own vision, however, led him to Spain where he became a seaman. Captured and impressed into service by the British, he rose to the rank of commander in the royal navy. With a style showing an expert’s knowledge of the great ships of the 17th and 18th centuries, his works are regarded as some of the most accurate from any period. He is known chiefly for his…

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