Aernout Smit (Amsterdam 1641/2-1710)
Shipping becalmed off a coast
oil on canvas
39 5/8 x 53 1/8 in. (105 x 134.9 cm.)
Aernout Smit (Amsterdam 1641/2-1710)
Shipping becalmed off a coast
oil on canvas
39 5/8 x 53 1/8 in. (105 x 134.9 cm.)
The stretcher bears the armorial red-wax seal of the Sawbridge Erle Drax family.
J.C.W. Sawbridge Erle-Drax, removed from Olantigh, Wye, Kent; Christie's London, 10 May 1935, lot 86, as 'H. Dubbels' (10 Gns. to Asscher and Welker).
Please note that the attribution for this lot should read: Aernout Smit (Amsterdam 1641/2-1710). We are grateful to Dr. Gerlinde de Beer for proposing this attribution on the basis of photographs.
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