Live Auction 14426Five Private Collections
Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707) and Studio
Lot 296

Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707) and Studio

An English ship close-hauled in a strong breeze

Closed7 June 2017

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GBP 9,375

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Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707) and Studio
An English ship close-hauled in a strong breeze
indistinctly signed 'W v** Vel**' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
11 x 17 ¾ in. (28 x 45.1 cm.)

with Johnny van Haeften, London, 1985.
with Jean-Max Tassel, Paris, 1987.

Specialist note

Robinson describes in his catalogue raisonné seeing the present picture before it was strip-lined in 1986, and details how the remains of the original signature by Willem van de Velde II were still visible, as they are today. He believes it is painted 'substantially' by van de Velde the younger as there are 'no apparent mistakes in the drawing of the hull or rigging of the principal ship' and 'the way the catted anchor is being dragged in the water by the speed of the ship is a small point that a studio-bound artist would have missed'.