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.
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(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.