Lot 179
179
Willem van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 Greenwich)
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Willem van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 Greenwich)

An English ship of 54 guns, possibly the Bristol

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Willem van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 Greenwich)
An English ship of 54 guns, possibly the Bristol
with inscription 'W. van dervelde'
black lead, grey wash, fragmentary watermark device, the upper corners made-up
8 x 12 5/8 in. (210 x 320 mm.)
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Lot Essay

A portrait of the Bristol, an English Fourth Rate built in 1650 and rebuilt in 1693, is in the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam (The Willem van de Velde drawings in the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 1979, I, p. 114, III, p. 211).

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