Fishing vessels at a quay in the Zuiderzee, the Dutch fleet seen beyond

Details

Willem van de Velde the Younger (Leiden 1633-1707 London)
Fishing vessels at a quay in the Zuiderzee, the Dutch fleet seen beyond
signed and dated '1666 W.V.V J' (upper right)
black chalk, grey wash
165 x 412 mm.

Provenance

W. Mayor (L. 2799).
Langerhuizen; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 1919, lot 806 (according to a label on the frame).

Literature

A Brief Chronological Description of a collection of Original Drawings and Sketches by the Old Masters of the different schools of Europe, ..., formed by the late Mr. William Mayor, London, 1875, no. 692.

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Lot Essay

The present composition is closely comparable to two drawings by Willem van de Velde II; one in the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro and one in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. The same quay may perhaps be depicted in all three drawings.

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