Live Auction 1961Old Master And 19th Century Drawings
Follower of Willem van de Velde I
Lot 136

Follower of Willem van de Velde I

Dutch men o' war and smaller crafts offshore

Closed24 January 2008

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USD 3,750

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Follower of Willem van de Velde I
Dutch men o' war and smaller crafts offshore
with inscription 'W. v d velde' and number 'No 460' (twice, by two hands) verso
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash
7½ x 12¾ in. (191 x 324 mm.)

With an unidentified collector's mark ('GW' encircled in brown or purple ink) on the verso.

Specialist note

After a drawing by the elder van de Velde in the Amsterdam Historical Museum (see B. Broos and M. Schapelhouman, Nederlandse tekenaars geboren tussen 1600 en 1660. Oude tekeningen in het bezit van het Amsterdam Historisch Museum, waaronder de collectie Fodor, Amsterdam/Zwolle, 1993, no. 151).
We are grateful to Peter Schatborn for his assistance in identifying and cataloguing this lot.