Dutch Ships at Sea, a town beyond

Comparable in handling to a drawing in the Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, B. Broos and M. Schapelhouman, Nederlandse Tekenaars geboren tussen 1600 en 1660, Amsterdam/Zwolle, 1993, no. 7, illustrated. Broos points out how difficult it is to date Backhuysen's work, as the artist used the same motives over a long period.