Aernout Smit (Dutch, 1641/42 – 1710) painted this turbulent sea, with a beached ship and people gathering cargo, in a mountainous coastal landscape. This oil-on-canvas work, in an English carved and gilt wood frame, measures 89.5 by 112 cm (35 1/4 by 44 inches), and it was sold by Sotheby’s, London, in April 2007, for 12,000 GBP.