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Pieter Cornelisz van Soest (1581 - 1647)Attributed to
Scene with sailing ships, 17th century
Oil on the table
90x155 cm, in frame 111x177 cm
Dutch painter specializing in marine art. The work depicts a scene from the First or Second Anglo-Dutch War, in which the English fleet, allied with the Genoese Republic, placed that of the Cross of St. George next to its flag to avoid being attacked by the allies.