Attributed To Jan Peeters I (1624 - 1677/1680), Ships In A Turkish Bay (bodrum)

Attributed to Jan Peeters I
Flemish painter
Antwerp 1624 – 1677 or 1680 Antwerp
Ships in a Turkish bay
Oil on canvas : 74,5 X 120,8 cm
Unsigned
Frame : 98,2 X 144,4 cm

Jan Peeters I belonged to an important Antwerp family of marine painters. He studied under his famous brother, Bonaventura I Peeters.

Jan must have travelled extensively in the Eastern Mediterranean. Our painting represents an exotic bay with Turkish figures. The building on the hill at right must be the famous Mausoleum in Halicarnassus (tod, the 4th century BC tomb of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was topped with a chariot sculpture.

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