Explore the Provenance of this artwork, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee.
In 1898, Isabella Stewart Gardner purchased The Storm on the Sea of Galilee for $6,000 (equivalent to $211,056 in 2022) from the art dealers Asher Wertheimer and Colnaghi & Co., who had received it from Henry Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope earlier in the year. The first owner listed on the provenance is Tymen Jacobsz Hinloopen, a leader of the Dutch whaling company Noordsche Compagnie. He purchased The Storm on the Sea of Galilee in 1644 when it was known as A Painting of St. Peter's Ship.The painting was not purchased directly by Gardner; the sale was handled by art historian and critic Bernard Berenson. The date on which Gardner and Berenson first met is unknown, but they established a strong partnership through which Berenson helped Gardner purchase artwork such as The Rape of Europa in 1896. Berenson was involved in the establishment of Gardner's public collection, and the two would write to each other frequently about the process.After Gardner purchased the painting, it was hung in the room Gardner called the Dutch Room. The painting was added to a collection including a Rembrandt self-portrait as well as The Concert by Johannes Vermeer.
Noordsche Compagnie Johannes Vermeer provenance Bernard Berenson Tymen Jacobsz Hinloopen whaling Henry Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope The Concert Rembrandt The Rape of Europa Isabella Stewart Gardner Storm on the Sea of Galilee Provenance Gardner's public collection Peter Sea of Galilee