Lot Essay
Michael Robinson has kindly suggested that this may be a drawing after Willem van de Velde I by his son. He will include this in his forthcoming publication on the drawings of Willem van de Velde I & II
Details
Willem van de Velde II (1636-1707)
Dutch Men-o'-War at Sea
inscribed '17 augus 1664 op ...'(?) and '...mauri 16 ondardt' (?); black lead, grey wash, fragmentary watermark Strasburg lily
198 x 473 mm.
Dutch Men-o'-War at Sea
inscribed '17 augus 1664 op ...'(?) and '...mauri 16 ondardt' (?); black lead, grey wash, fragmentary watermark Strasburg lily
198 x 473 mm.
Provenance
J. Fairfax Murray, according to a catalogue description on the mount