Hendrick van Anthonissen (Amsterdam c. 1606-c. 1655)

Dutch men-o-war anchored off the coast

Details

Hendrick van Anthonissen (Amsterdam c. 1606-c. 1655)
Dutch men-o-war anchored off the coast
signed and dated 'H.A. TONISS(?)/163(1?)' (the date reinforced, on the stern of the right hand ship) and with signature 'A. TONIEN.' (on the flag)
oil on panel
13 x 17 in. (33.5 x 44.5 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. Sale [Property from a Deceased's Estate], Sotheby's, London, 21 April 1993, lot 58 (sold 58,700).

Literature

C. Nordhoff and H.Reimer, Jakob Philipp Hackert, 1737-1807, Verzeichnis seiner Werke, Berlin, 1994, I, p. 191, no. 407, II, p. 211, fig. 195.

Exhibited

Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, Zeventiende Eeuwse Meesters uit Gelders Bezit, 20 June - 31 August 1953, no. 1.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dr. Prud'homme van Reine for identifying the ship in the right foreground as the Maegd van Dordrecht bearing the coat-of-arms of the city of Dordrecht on its stern. The ship was built in 1632 and was originally intended for the Dutch captain, Maerten Harpertsz. Tromp. Carrying forty-two guns and a crew of one hundred and forty, it was one of the largest warships in the Dutch fleet at the time.

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