Lot Essay
Although sold as Peter Monamy in 1994 the attribution of painting has been revised by David Joel to Charles Brooking, and the picture is included as no. 39C in his monograph of Brooking's work.
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An English two-decker of forty guns riding at anchor off a coast with a galliot close by and five men-o'war beyond
Details
Charles Brooking (1723-1759)
An English two-decker of forty guns riding at anchor off a coast with a galliot close by and five men-o'war beyond
oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded frame
22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm.)
An English two-decker of forty guns riding at anchor off a coast with a galliot close by and five men-o'war beyond
oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded frame
22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm.)
Provenance
Major A.D. Houston.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1980, lot 123.
with Hahn Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1994, lot 1 (as Peter Monamy).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1980, lot 123.
with Hahn Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1994, lot 1 (as Peter Monamy).
Literature
M.S. Robinson, The Paintings of the Willem van de Veldes, Greenwich, 1990, vol. II, p. 613, no. 356 [3], as 'English Ships with Sails Loosed'.
D. Joel, Charles Brooking 1723-1759 and the 18th Century British Marine Painters, Suffolk, 2000, p. 128, col. ill. p. 133., no. 39C.
D. Joel, Charles Brooking 1723-1759 and the 18th Century British Marine Painters, Suffolk, 2000, p. 128, col. ill. p. 133., no. 39C.
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