Lot Essay
The city in the distance remains unidentified; Den Briel, Dordrecht or Rotterdam have been suggested as possible locations because of the desing of the tower in the right background.
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A man-o'-war, possibly Het Wapen van Utrecht, a wijdschip and a spiegelsloep in a stiff breeze
Details
Aernout Smit (? 1641/2-1710 Amsterdam)
A man-o'-war, possibly Het Wapen van Utrecht, a wijdschip and a spiegelsloep in a stiff breeze
signed and dated 'A. Smit 1671' (centre left, on the flag)
oil on canvas
86.3 x 112.2 cm.
A man-o'-war, possibly Het Wapen van Utrecht, a wijdschip and a spiegelsloep in a stiff breeze
signed and dated 'A. Smit 1671' (centre left, on the flag)
oil on canvas
86.3 x 112.2 cm.
Provenance
Colonel F.G. Lloyd-Graeme.
Robert Langton Douglas (1864-1951), London; Christie's, London, 28 June 1935, lot 113, as 'Abraham Storck.'
Van der Hoop, Offers en zoon, Rotterdam, 1997.
Robert Langton Douglas (1864-1951), London; Christie's, London, 28 June 1935, lot 113, as 'Abraham Storck.'
Van der Hoop, Offers en zoon, Rotterdam, 1997.
Literature
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningnen, Lof der Zeevaart, De Hollands zeeschilders van de 17e eeuw, 1997, no. 90, pp. 384-6, illustrated.
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