Willem van de Velde the Younger ( Leiden 1633 - London 1707 )
An English Two-Decker firing a Salute, with Longboats and other warships
An English Two-Decker firing a Salute, with Longboats and other warships
pencil, pen and ink, and wash over stylus indications, a 30mm. strip added by the artist on the left, watermark,
11⅝ x 16⅝ in. (295 x 423 mm.),
with fine French Louis XIII antique frame with laurel and berry ornament.
Provenance:
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1697-1759);
Holkham Hall, Norfolk, England, until 1991;
Christie’s London, 2nd July 1991, Old Master Drawings from Holkham, lot 66;
Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland, (Lugt 913b) until 2024.
Literature:
A. E. Popham and C. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall (Chicago 1986), no. 320.
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