Comparable with drawings in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, E. Bock, J. Rosenberg, Die Niederländischen Meister, Berlin, 1930, no. 5335, and in the Prentenkabinet, Leiden, one of which is signed. Another, traditionally attributed to Jan van de Capelle from the Hans van Leeuwen Collection, was sold in these Rooms, 24 November 1992, lot 45. Further information on the artist was published by J. van Tatenhove in Een gemerkte tekening van Anthonij Erkelens, Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 1985, 4, pp. 235-8