Bonaventura Peeters (Antwerp 1614-1652 Hoboken)
PROPERTY FROM THE HELENA GOLDSMITH TRUST
Bonaventura Peeters (Antwerp 1614-1652 Hoboken)

A Rowing Vessel approaching a Zeeland States Yacht firing a salute, in choppy sees off Vlissingen, with other shipping beyond

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Bonaventura Peeters (Antwerp 1614-1652 Hoboken)
A Rowing Vessel approaching a Zeeland States Yacht firing a salute, in choppy sees off Vlissingen, with other shipping beyond
signed 'B. Peeters.' (lower center, on the driftwood)
oil on panel
21¾ x 28¼ (55.3 x 71.7 cm.)
Provenance
Mr. Carel Goldschmidt, Mount Kisco, New York, by 1965, and by descent.
Sale room notice
Please note that the shipping is on the water of the Hollands Diep, off of Willemstad, rather than off of Vlissingen, as stated in the catalogue.

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Lot Essay

This painting is one of several works that Bonaventura Peeters showing the Dutch harbor at Vlissingen. On the horizon in the distance are the St. Jacobstoren, the Gevangentoren, the Stadhuis, and the Stadsmolen. The bustling port of Vlissingen, base for the Dutch East India Company, is the subject of at least three other painted compositions by Peeters, including a picture in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg (inv. 431, wrongly described as depicting Hoorn). It was also the only harbor in the Northern Netherlands to be visited by dolphins, here visible at left.

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