Sujet

The Rapenburg, Leiden, three Days after the Explosion of a Powder Ship on 12 January 1807, (1807). Creator: Johannes Jelgerhuis.

Légende

The Rapenburg, Leiden, three Days after the Explosion of a Powder Ship on 12 January 1807, (1807). A ship laden with 37,000 tons of gunpowder exploded on the Steenschuur, a canal in the centre of Leiden. It was a national disaster: 150 people died and many houses were destroyed. On the bridge in the foreground are spectators and soldiers, several men carry a victim on a stretcher. Household goods piled on the right.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A66_241

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,6Mo (1,9Mo) / 31,4cm x 23,6cm / 3704 x 2790 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation Europe building buildings people male man men destruction religious painting country religion guy bridge bridges museum Holland Netherlands Dutch church color dead structure death accident damage damaged ruins ruin Christianity explosion canal location disaster debris rubble century catastrophe concept ruined incident aftermath salvage oil Painting Colour dead body 19th century water transport Leiden nineteenth century Leyden Rijksmuseum South Holland TGN salvaging landscape débris Oil on canvas Rapenburg Painting Heritage Art Low Countries 19th-century Johannes Jelgerhuis Jelgerhuis Rienk Johannes Jelgerhuis Johannes Rienksz. Rienk Johannes Jelgerhuis Jelgerhuis Johannes Jelgerhuis Johannes Rienkszoon Jelgerhuis Johannes Rz. Jelgerhuis J.