Details
Abraham de Verwer (Haarlem 1585-1650 Amsterdam)
A shipyard with figures building and restoring sailing vessels
signed and dated 'VERWER 1631 . 5 18' (lower left)
oil on panel
34.6 x 42.8 cm.
Provenance
A.W.M. Mensing, Amsterdam; F. Muller, Amsterdam, 17 November 1936, lot 26.
with M. Wolff, Amsterdam, before 1938.
C. van der Feer Ladèr, Baarn, by 1938; F. Muller, Amsterdam, 16 October 1952, lot 590 (Dfl. 4,600).
A. Vester-de Moor, Dordrecht, 1952, and by descent to the present owners.
Literature
W. Mautner, 'Tableaux anciens comme placement', in De Zakenwereld, Amsterdam, April 1939.
K.K. Eberlein, 'Kunstfrühjahr und -sommer in Holland', in Weltkunst, no. 28/29, 17 July 1938, pp. 4-5.
L.J. Bol, Holländische Marine Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Braunschweig, 1973, p. 88, fig. 86.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Het Nederlandsche zee- en riviergezicht in de 17de eeuw, December 1945-February 1946, p. 32, no. 65, as the yard in Middelburg
Baarn, Baarns Kunstbezit, 31 July-28 August 1948, p. 33, no. 74.
Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, Zee- Rivier- en Oevergezichten, 12 July-14 September 1964, p. 33, no. 93, plate 72, as the yard in Middelburg.
Special notice
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