After Willem van der Velde II (18th century) An English...

After Willem van der Velde II (18th century) An English yacht head-reaching under a foresail in a strong to gale-force wind Oil on canvas, 151 x 125.8 cm Provenance: - Collection Sir Richard Cotterell Bt, Garnons, Hereford - Auction Sotheby's, London, 27 November 1957, lot 47 (as Van der Velde) - Collection William Drown, London - Spink & Son, London - Alfred Brod Gallery, London - Collection R.P. Schweder, London - Chaucer and Van Dam Galleries, London - Collection of a prominent family, the Netherlands Literature: M.S. Robinson, The paintings of the Willem van de Veldes. A catalogue of the paintings of the Elder and the Younger Willem van de Velde, Vol. II, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1990, pp. 1042-1044, no. 85 (ill.) Note: Opinions differ whether the depicted yacht is the Henrietta, built in 1679, or the Katherine, used by Samuel Pepys and built in 1674 by Phineas Pett.

Estimación:4.000€

Ver todos los artículos deAAG AuctioneersoArte, Pintura & obra gráfica