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Ludolf Backhuysen (1631-1708)

A Man-o'-war and a sailing Barge near a Jetty with two Men conversing; and A sailing Barge with Hay and other Shipping in a Calm

(2) signed with monogram 'LB' and dated '1705.'; pen and brown ink, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, fragmentary watermarks VRYHEYT
123 x 155 mm.; and a similar larger drawing by the same hand (3)
Provenance
An unidentified collector's mark crowned W on the mounts

Lot Essay

These would seem to be sketches by the 74 year old artist, who is known to have worked until after 1702, as is illustrated by his picture of the Conquering of the Spanish Fleet in the Bay of Vigo on 12 December 1702 in the National Maritime Institute, Greenwich

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