PETER VAN DE VELDE

PETER VAN DE VELDE
(1634 Antwerp after 1687)Harbour view with rowing boats and ships and a town in the background.Oil on canvas.Signed lower left: P. Van der Velden.67.4 × 84.2 cm.

Lot 6056* - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only

Provenance:
- Hans Klenk collection (1906–1983), Mainz.
- European collection.

Exhibited:
Mainz 1968, Werke alter Meister aus Privatbesitz, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, 7 May–30 June 1968.

Literature:
- Exh. cat. Werke alter Meister aus Privatbesitz, ed. Hans-Jürgen Imiela, Mainz 1968, cat. no. 90.
- Kurt J. Müllenmeister: Meer und Land im Licht des 17. Jahrhunderts, Bremen 1973, Vol. I, p. 99.
- Exh. cat. Seventeenth Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings From the Collection of Hans Klenk, ed. Fronia E. Wissman, Schenectady, NYC 1977, p. 64, no. O or P.

With written expert opinions by Dr Willem L. van de Watering, 31 July 1991, and Dr Walther Bernt, 16 April 1963.

Oil on canvas, lined. Verso with remnants of adhesive labels. Paint surface somewhat thin in places, with a fine network of craquelure. Surface soiling visible in places. Paint losses and colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light isolated areas of retouching visible on the ships, with further areas of retouching on the water and in the background. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Frame: 97.5 × 114.3 cm.

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