Shipping in a Calm
studio of Willem van der Velde the younger (Leyden 1633 – London 1707)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1666
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 1092 mm (30 x 43 in)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246474
Caption
This picture makes a satisfying composition out of the unpromising material of fishing boats at low tide among the mud banks of the northern coast of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Van de Velde’s many variations on this subject were much in demand in the 1660s although the quality of this work, despite being signed, suggests that it was painted mostly or entirely by his assistants.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Shipping in a Calm by the studio of Willem van der Velde the younger (Leyden 1633 – London 1707), signed and dated: "W. Velde 16 (?) 6", circa 1666. A view from the shore with sailing vessels and small craft in the foreground and other shipping in the distance.
Provenance
Cornelius Sybile Roos, Amsterdam, 1798 (according to Goudstikker catalogue); Baronne de Roelle-Hodshon sale, Amsterdam, 25 April 1872, lot 24; Mak sale, Dordrecht, 4-6 April 1916, lot 69, repd.; with Goudstikker, 1918 (No. 70 in catalogue of that year); with Sully; with Agnew, 1918, and acquired by Mrs Greville for £1,675 in 1919; The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey pictures, drawings etc., stored in the cellar, page 164.
Credit line
Polesden Lacey, The McEwan Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
W.. Velde 16(?)6 (signed and dated)
Makers and roles
studio of Willem van der Velde the younger (Leyden 1633 – London 1707), artist