Live Auction 7783Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 102 The Property of a Family Trust (lots 101-108)

Arien Jansz. van Nuys (active Rotterdam, mid 17th Century)

A calm sea with men-o'-war at anchor and shoals of dolphins

Closed9 December 2009

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GBP 21,250

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Arien Jansz. van Nuys (active Rotterdam, mid 17th Century)
A calm sea with men-o'-war at anchor and shoals of dolphins
signed 'Arÿ · Jansz . van . nuys' (lower left)
oil on panel
27½ x 41¾ in. (69.8 x 106.1 cm.)

Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C., Northwick Park; (+) Christie's, London, 25 February 1966, lot 60 (3,800 gns. to the present owner).

Specialist note

This painting was rightly recognised as a work by van Nuys after an added signature was cleaned off and that of van Nuys revealed.