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William van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 London)
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William van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 London)

Two fishing boats off a spit of sand in a calm, with other shipping in an estuary

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William van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 London)
Two fishing boats off a spit of sand in a calm, with other shipping in an estuary
signed with initials 'W.V.V.' (lower left, on a piece of driftwood)
oil on panel
53/8 x 7½ in. (13.6 x 19 cm.)

(Probably) Jacobus Viet, The Hague; sale, Smit, Amsterdam, 12 October 1774, lot 223 (220 florins to Yver [presumably Jan Yver, the well-known Dutch auctioneer and dealer]).
(Possibly) Le Chevalier Lambert; sale, Lebrun, Paris, 27 March 1787 (sold 780 francs).
(Possibly) Destouches; sale, Lebrun jeune/Julliot Boilleau, 21 March 1794 (sold 351 francs).
(Possibly) La Perrier, receveur général des contributions de la Seine; sale, Lacoste, Paris, 14ff. April 1817, lot 63, 'Une Marine par un temps calme: morceau de toute perfection, offrant une grande étendue d'eau couverte de plusieurs bâtimens et barques. En avant, on remarque des matelots et pêcheurs. Ce precieux échantillon réunit aussi toutes les qualités que l'on peut désirer dans les ouvrages de ce mâitre; et malgré sa petite dimension, il mérite l'attention des connaisseurs' (950 francs to Coclers).
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), Paris.
Baron Edouard de Rothschild (1868-1949), Paris.
Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild (1914-99), Tel Aviv.
Rothschild inventory no. ER 129 ( the inventory no. R102, and possibly the label '1478/(R)8', on the reverse relates to the Nazi requisitions of 1940-1).

Note du spécialiste

The present work was not known to Michael Robinson at the time of publication of his 1990 monograph but there can be no doubt as to its authenticity. Probably painted prior to Willem van de Velde's departure to England in 1672, this compositional type, in which a fisherman is seen wading on a beach towards sailing boats, is comparable with a number of much larger 'Calms' executed by the artist in the 1660s - see, for instance, the Smalschip at Anchor near the Shore, of circa 1665, in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (acc. no. 01 1984), or the Wijdschip and Kaag in an Inlet, dated 1661, in the National Gallery, London (inv. no. 871). The unusually intimate scale and treatment of the subject in the present picture brings to mind the small, signed panel (6 x 8 in.) sold in these Rooms, 9 July 1999, lot 19 (£111,500).