View of a Dutch Harbour by Dutch-Austrian Vedute and marine  painter Elias Pieter van Bommel (1819 in Amsterdam - 1890 in Vienna).

Van Bommel studied at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam and with the landscape painter George Andries Roth. Under the influence of Roth, he initially painted mainly landscapes. In the 1850s, however, he switched to detailed vedute and marine painting. Some of his works also have historical value, particularly due to the detailed and reliable depiction of historic buildings. He created some paintings together with his brother-in-law, Dominicus Anthonius Peduzzi.
Van Bommel painted in the Netherlands, including Amsterdam, where he lived, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Scheveningen, Vlissingen and Hoorn. He also undertook extensive study trips through Belgium, Germany, France (Paris), Hungary and Italy. He died in Vienna in 1890, where he had settled at the end of his life at the age of 69.

Van Bommel was Jan David Geerling Grootveld's teacher.

He showed his works from 1833 to 1839 and from 1841 to 1859 at exhibitions in Amsterdam, The Hague, Groningen and Leeuwarden.

Literature: Fuchs, Maler (19.Jh.) I, 1972; ThB IV, 1910, 263.

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas, original period gold-plated wood frame.

Measurements: unframed w. 12 1/4” x h. 6 1/8” (31 x 15,5 cm), framed w. 18 3/4” x h. 12 1/3” (47,7 x 31,5 cm).

Condition: good.