Willem van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 London)
Willem van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 London)

A States yacht and other shipping offshore in a calm

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Willem van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 London)
A States yacht and other shipping offshore in a calm
signed 'w v velde' (lower right)
oil on panel
6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm.)
Provenance
George Field, by 1857, and by descent to
Barclay Field, Hill Steet, Berkeley Square; (+) Christie's, London, 10 June 1893, lot 41 (276 gns. to Davis).
G.H. Tite, London.
Literature
G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, II, 1854, p. 336 ('A perfectly smooth sea of great delicacy') and Supplement, London, 1856, p. 196.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonn, etc., London, VII, 1923, pp. 58 and 76, nos. 206 and 272 (duplicated entries).
Exhibited
London, Marlborough House, 1856.

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