JOHANNES CHRISTIAAN SCHOTEL A BEACH SCENE WITH SHIPPING OFF THE PORT OF VLISSINGEN In this Dutch coastal scene, a sloop, a wide-hulled, low-draft boat with two sails, is bringing in the sails.  A two-master, a ‘snauwschip’ lies at anchor in the middle of the composition. A group of figures is placed in the typical dunes of Holland. This beach scene with the port of Vlissingen in the background is seen from the ‘Knollendijk’. The Kenau Hasselaar lunette or Fort des Dunes is depicted on the far left. The skyline of Vlissingen with the spires of the Sint Jacobskerk and the Kleine or Middelkerk is located in the center. The shell-proof barrack or Caserne Cavalier is situated next to the prison tower on the far right. There is a drawing of quite similar view of Vlissingen in Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands. J.C. Schotel presumably made this drawing on one of his many journeys.  In a preliminary drawing in the Amsterdam Museum, Fort Kenau Haselaar is already depicted in the dunes on the left.  In both drawings, only a few details are different from the painting, which was consistent with the custom of the day. The clients of  J.C. Schotel consisted of royal houses, institutions, art dealers, and very prominent and private collectors at home and abroad such as: Tsar Nicolas I Pavlovitsj Romanov, Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland; Anna Paulowna Oranje- Nassau, Grand Duchess of Russia; Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia; Willem Frederik I van Oranje Nassau, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg; Frederika Louise Wilhelmina Oranje- Nassau, princess of Prussia, spouse of King Willem I of the Netherlands; Willem II Frederik George Lodewijk van Oranje Nassau, Prince of Orange, King of the Netherlands. La Société Royale pour l’encouragement des beaux-arts, a Bruxelles; Teylers Genootschap;  Der ‘Kunstverein’ Hannover.

Alexander Pierre Philips Cornelis Robert de Ceva; Hendrik van Cranenburg; Adriaan van der Hoop; Robert Baron Fagel;  Willem van Loon;  Hendrik Six; Anne Willem Carel Baron van Nagell van Ampsen;  Count Jacques- André Coghen; Thomas Leveson Gower Baron Granvill; Sir Robert Peel; John Smith.

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