Shipwreck in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces; Brill Church bearing S. E. by S., Masensluys E. by S., J. M. W. Turner

Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces; Brill Church bearing S. E. by S., Masensluys E. by S., 1819.

Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to… (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Épave au clair de lune, Caspar David Friedrich

Épave au clair de lune, 1835.

Épave au clair de lune (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Alte Nationalgalerie, Germany

Ship Heeled Over, 1871.

Navio tombado (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), india ink and wash on paper

Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil

Hope, 1560.

Hope (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Study for Castaways on a Raft, Edoardo De Martino

Study for Castaways on a Raft, c. 1869–1876.

Estudo para náufragos em jangada (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), graphite, India ink and wash on paper

Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil

A Wreck, with Fishing Boats, J. M. W. Turner

A Wreck, with Fishing Boats, 1842.

A Wreck, with Fishing Boats (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

The Storm, 1840.

The Storm (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Yarmouth Sands, 1840.

Yarmouth Sands (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), watercolor

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Stranded ship, Borkum, 1865.

Strandet skip, Borkum (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Nach dem Sturm, 1817.

Nach dem Sturm (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Wreck Buoy, 1849.

The Wreck Buoy (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Sudley House, United Kingdom

Shipwreck on a Shore, 1845.

Shipwreck on a Shore (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), etching on chine collé

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Tritons of the Seine, Honoré Daumier

The Tritons of the Seine, 1864.

Les Tritons de la Seine (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Sailor in Rough Sea, 1840.

Sailor in Rough Sea (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Hope, 1559.

Hope (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), pen and brown ink on paper

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

Studies for a Shipwreck, Edoardo De Martino

Studies for a Shipwreck, c. 1869–1876.

Estudos para naufrágio (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), graphite, India ink and wash on paper

Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil

La Mer de glace, 1823.

La Mer de glace (museum title)

Caspar David Friedrich (German), oil on canvas

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Philemon and his Accusers. Scene from L. Holberg's Det lykkelige skibbrud, Act 5, Scene 9 (Sketch for a Painting of the Same Subject, 1859), Wilhelm Marstrand

Philemon and his Accusers. Scene from L. Holberg's Det lykkelige skibbrud, Act 5, Scene 9 (Sketch for a Painting of the Same Subject, 1859), c. 1859.

Philemon og hans anklagere. Scene fra L. Holbergs Det… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Helena Roed, Acting as Leonora in Ludvig Holberg’s Det lykkelige skibbrud (The Fortunate Shipwreck), Wilhelm Marstrand

Helena Roed, Acting as Leonora in Ludvig Holberg’s Det lykkelige skibbrud (The Fortunate Shipwreck), 1855–1861.

Helena Roed, i rollen som Leonora i Ludvig Holbergs Det… (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore, J. M. W. Turner

Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore, 1833.

Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat… (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Raft of the Medusa, Victor Meirelles

The Raft of the Medusa, c. 1857–1858.

Le Radeau de la Meduse (A jangada da Medusa) (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on paper laid on cardboard

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

The Ironclad Rio de Janeiro, Edoardo De Martino

The Ironclad Rio de Janeiro, 1871.

Corazsata Rio de Janeiro (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), watercolor

Naval Museum (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil

Paraguayan Rafts, c. 1869–1876.

Zattere-Paraguayo (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), graphite, India ink and wash on paper

Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil

Ships on a Stormy Sea, 1840.

Ships on a Stormy Sea (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Brazilian Ship Heeled Over, Edoardo De Martino

Brazilian Ship Heeled Over, c. 1869–1876.

Navio brasileiro tombado (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), india ink and wash on paper

Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil

Shipwreck, 1868–1869.

Shipwreck (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Shipwrecked

Shipwrecked (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), pencil and ink wash on paper

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

The Morning after the Wreck, J. M. W. Turner

The Morning after the Wreck, 1837.

The Morning after the Wreck (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

National Museum Cardiff, United Kingdom

Stranded ship, Borkum, 1865.

Strandet skip, Borkum (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

the welsh Laugharne Castle during a storm, J. M. W. Turner

the welsh Laugharne Castle during a storm, 1831.

the welsh Laugharne Castle during a storm (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British)

Columbus Museum of Art, United States

Naufrage à la côte, 1862.

Naufrage à la côte (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States

The Gloomy Day, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Gloomy Day, 1565.

The Gloomy Day (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

The Triumph of Death, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Triumph of Death, 1560.

The Triumph of Death (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Prado Museum, Spain

British Marine Vessel in Heavy Weather, Raden Saleh

British Marine Vessel in Heavy Weather, 1840.

British Marine Vessel in Heavy Weather (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Dutch Ship in Storm, 1836.

Dutch Ship in Storm (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

Private collection

Shipwrecked, c. 1868–1869.

Shipwrecked (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), pencil on paper

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

The Shipwreck, c. 1880.

The Shipwreck (museum title)

Elihu Vedder (American), fusain, aquarelle et gouache sur papier vergé bleu

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Battle of Riachuelo

Batalha do Riachuelo (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), graphite and pen

Naval Museum (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil

Wreck of the Corvette Donna Isabel

Naufrágio della Corvetta Donna Isabel (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), pen, India ink and graphite

Naval Museum (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil

Lifeboat and Manby Apparatus Going off to a Stranded Vessel Making the Signal (Blue Lights) of Distress, J. M. W. Turner

Lifeboat and Manby Apparatus Going off to a Stranded Vessel Making the Signal (Blue Lights) of Distress, 1831.

Lifeboat and Manby Apparatus Going off to a Stranded Vessel… (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Lost to All Hope the Brig, J. M. W. Turner

Lost to All Hope the Brig, 1850.

Lost to All Hope the Brig (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), watercolor

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Shipwreck, 1840.

Shipwreck (museum title)

Alexandre Calame (Swiss), etching and roulette on chine collé

National Gallery of Art, United States

Ship in Distress, 1842.

Ship in Distress (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

National Gallery Singapore, Singapour

Shipwreck in Storm, 1839.

Shipwreck in Storm (museum title)

Raden Saleh (Indonesian), oil on canvas

National Gallery Singapore, Singapour

Le Christ sur le lac de Génésareth, Eugène Delacroix

Le Christ sur le lac de Génésareth, 1854.

Le Christ sur le lac de Génésareth (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, United States

Le Christ endormi pendant la tempête, Eugène Delacroix

Le Christ endormi pendant la tempête, 1853.

Le Christ endormi pendant la tempête (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Rough Sea with Wreckage, J. M. W. Turner

Rough Sea with Wreckage, 1840.

Rough Sea with Wreckage (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Stormy Sea with Blazing Wreck, J. M. W. Turner

Stormy Sea with Blazing Wreck, 1837.

Stormy Sea with Blazing Wreck (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Désastre en mer, 1835.

Désastre en mer (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Ship Aground Brighton, 1830.

Ship Aground Brighton (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), watercolor

Yale Center for British Art, United States