Live Auction 5877Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
Willem van de Velde I (Leiden 1611-1693 London)
Lot 65 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Willem van de Velde I (Leiden 1611-1693 London)

Admiral De Ruyter meeting Tromp aboard for a council of war after the Battle of Lowestoft in 1665

Closed2 December 2014

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Willem van de Velde I (Leiden 1611-1693 London)
Admiral De Ruyter meeting Tromp aboard for a council of war after the Battle of Lowestoft in 1665
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash, watermark PB
7 5/8 x 10¾ in. (19.2 x 27.5 cm.)

Nicholas Pocock (according to Houtakker 1970).
Paul Oppé (according to Houtakker 1970).
with B. Houthakker, cat. 1970, no. 68.

Specialist note

One of a series of drawings executed by the elder van de Velde of the Battle of Lowestoft on 13 June 1665, of which there are six in the Rijksmuseum (inv. nos. RP-T-00-387 to 391b) and one in the van Regteren Altena collection (see Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 December 2014, lot 215.