Sailing vessels in a stiff breeze with a man o'war firing a salute

Details

Hendrik Jacobsz. Dubbels (Amsterdam 1621-1707)
Sailing vessels in a stiff breeze with a man o'war firing a salute
signed 'DVBBELS' (lower left)
oil on panel
32.5 x 49.4 cm.

Provenance

Probably anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 July 1932, lot 32, as Bakhuisen (£7.7s to Collins).
Anonymous sale; Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 2 November 1965, lot 1286, where purchased by the present owner.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dr. Ulrike Middendorf for confirming the attribution after inspection of the original (verbal communication, 22 March 2007). She dates the picture to circa 1652/3 and compares it to another painting (see U. Middendorf, Hendrik J. Dubbels, Freren, 1989, p. 159, no. 108, fig. 11).

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