The fire on the Wharves of Algiers, shortly after the commencement of the Bombardment by the Anglo-Dutch Fleet, 27 August 1816, Nicolaas Baur, 1816 - 1820

Title(s)

The fire on the Wharves of Algiers, shortly after the commencement of the Bombardment by the Anglo-Dutch Fleet, 27 August 1816
Four Episodes during the Presence of the Anglo-Dutch Fleet in the Bay of Algiers, 26 to 27 August 1816 (series title)

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-1378

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘N. Baur’

Description

De brand op de werven in de haven van Algiers, kort na het begin van het bombardement door de Engels-Nederlandse vloot, 27 augustus 1816. Rechts een oorlogsschip.

Artist

• painter: Nicolaas Baur

Dating

1816 - 1820

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 55 cm × width 76 cm

What

• bombardment (+ sailing-ships)
• navy
• sailing-ship, sailing-boat

When

• 1816-08-27 - 1816-08-27

Where

• Algiers

Acquisition

purchase 1827

Copyright

Public domain

• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 41
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 104
• E. Bergvelt, 'Nationale, levende en 19e-eeuwse meesters : Rijksmusea en eigentijdse kunst (1800-1848), Nederlands Kunsthistorische Jaarboek 35 (1984), p. 93, afb. 14.