An English threemaster foundering in a gale off a rocky coast

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Studio of Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707)
An English threemaster foundering in a gale off a rocky coast
oil on canvas
97.5 x 135.1 cm

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Lot Essay

A version of the picture, on canvas, 101.5 x 152.5 cm, was last recorded at the Simon Carter Gallery, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1986 (M.S.Robinson, Van de Velde, A catalogue of the Paintings of the Elder and the Younger van de Velde, 1990, II, p.1099, no.800, ill).

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