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Follower of Willem van de Velde
Lot 27

Follower of Willem van de Velde

A Smalschip and Rowing Boats in calm Waters, a warship beyond

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Follower of Willem van de Velde
A Smalschip and Rowing Boats in calm Waters, a warship beyond
with signature and date 'W·V·Velde 167.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19 1/8 x 28 1/8in. (48.5 x 71.5cm.)

Captain C. Palmer, 1950.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, 24 Oct. 1958, lot 11, as Willem van de Velde the Younger and as dated 1673 (480gns.).
Anon. Sale, Christie's, 16 May 1975, lot 15, as 'W. van de Velde' and as dated 1678 (£1,470).
Anon. Sale, Christie's, 24 May 1985, lot 172, as Studio of Willem van de Velde and as dated 1673 (unsold at £1,100); reoffered 25 Oct. 1985, lot 189 (£1,500).

Specialist note

Robinson, loc. cit., suggests that the present painting is possibly an eighteenth-century copy after the picture sold in these Rooms, 3 May 1940, lot 106.