There was quite a crowd at the gallery that day, so I couldn't stand back from this very large piece to get it in 'full frontal' as it were. Thus, the rather skewed view. However, once again, for the keen, you can pop over to the National Gallery page to view it more correctly. You can have fun using the magnification to look at the amazing reality of the waters... or, as I did, to discover something not noted when I was with the actual painting on the day. A tiny figure, top left... here is a screen print from the magnifier.
This portion is obscured in my photograph due to light reflection. However, when I looked back at my photo, I realised there was another miniature within the grand scale of this work that I had missed at the gallery viewing - and even when magnifying. I returned to that link and bring it to you now. Would you go out to look from such an angled structure? Is it not amusing?!!
The realism of the water is uncanny.
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