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Creator:
Hendrik Danckerts, born in The Hague, the Netherlands, 1625; active in the Netherlands, Italy, and England; died in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1680
Title:
Plymouth
Date:
1673
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 × 68 inches (101.6 × 172.7 cm), Frame: 47 1/2 × 74 1/4 inches (120.7 × 188.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Signed and dated, lower center: "H Danckerts 1673"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.7.105
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Link to Frame:
B1976.7.105FR
Subject Terms:
boats | castle | costume | fields | fort | hills | houses | landscape | men | path | road | ships | town | village
Associated Places:
Devon | England | Plym | Plymouth | Tamar | United Kingdom
Access:
On view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:328
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With access to both the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean, Plymouth was a launching point for naval campaigns, colonial settlement, and trade with North America and the Caribbean. At center is the Royal Citadel, then nearing the end of its ten-year construction, which made Plymouth one of the most heavily fortified ports in the nation. At a time of naval conflicts and threats, this image offered proof of Plymouth’s protection. Danckerts was part of a group of Dutch painters working in Britain who were admired for their expansive landscapes. These artists were often commissioned by the government to paint views of its military installations both at home and in its colonies, reinforcing the image of Britain’s power.

Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2025

In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

John Baskett, Painting in England: 1700-1850: the collection of English paintings formed by Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon : on exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, until August 18th, , Connoisseur, Vol. 153, London, June 1963, p. 100, N1 C75 + (YCBA) [YCBA]

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 80-81, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Luke Herrmann, The Paul Mellon Collection at Burlington House, Connoisseur, vol. 157, December 1964, p. 216, N1 C75 + OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 37 (v.1), no. 2, pl. 63, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 6, no. 18, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Ellis Waterhouse, Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790, Yale University Press, New Haven London, 1994, p. 76, ND464 W37 1994 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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