Circle of Bonaventura Peeters (1614-1652). Dutch boast in a gale. This highly detailed and atmospheric 17th century maritime oil depicts Dutch boats in a storm off a mountainous headland.Shifting cloud formations and wild wave formations contribute to the impending sense of danger, from vessels on course for collision in tempestuous weather. In the foreground, sailors struggle with a boat which has run aground, and a vertiginous mountain landscape adds further to the sense of drama.Bonaventura Peeters (1614-1652) Bonaventrua Peeters was the most celebrated Flemish marine artist of his time. Peeters was working in an artistically abundant period for the Spanish Netherlands, and his birthplace of Antwerp was a creative hub.There was growing popularity for marine art and seascapes, cultivated by the neighbouring Dutch Republic, which was blossoming artistically during what is known as the Dutch Golden Age. It''s possib...