Bay of Manhattan
oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, framed 20 x 24 inches
signed and dated lower right, L.F. Tantillo 2008
$14,000
Painting Description and Details
This painting depicts a Dutch West India Company ship, Trouw as it approaches Manhattan circa 1660. The larger merchant vessel, carrying new colonists and cargo from the Netherlands, has crossed paths with a small skiff inbound for the Hudson River. Governor Pieter Stuyvesant’s “Great House” and the Church within the walls of Fort Amsterdam are the most prominent skyline buildings in the background. The Trouw made at least four voyages to New Amsterdam from 1659 to 1664 all under the command of Captain Jan Jansz. Bestevaer. It’s first recorded voyage departed Amsterdam on February 13, 1659 and arrived on May 5, 1659 carrying 98 colonists. The final voyage arrived in Manhattan on April 21, 1664 with only 17 immigrants. The date depicting in the painting is the spring of 1661.