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Willem van de Velde the Younger: Dutch Ships in a Calm  wikidata:Q17347662 reasonator:Q17347662
Artist
Willem van de Velde the Younger  (1633–1707)  wikidata:Q432266
 
Willem van de Velde the Younger
Alternative names
Willem van de Velde , Willem Willemsz. van de Velde
Description Dutch-English painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 18 December 1633 (baptised) 6 April 1707 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Greenwich
Work location
Amsterdam (1652-1656), London (ca. 1673-1707)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q432266
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Dutch Ships in a Calm
label QS:Len,"Dutch Ships in a Calm"
label QS:Lde,"Holländische Schiffe in einer Flaute"
label QS:Lnl,"Hollandse schepen op een kalme zee"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm
Date Circa 1665
date QS:P571,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 86.8 cm (34.1 in); width: 120 cm (47.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,86.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,120U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Gallery of Honour
Accession number
SK-C-1707
Place of creation Amsterdam (?)
Object history
  • Servad, Amsterdam
  • 25 June 1778: purchased by Fouquet at an anonymous sale at Jan Yver, Amsterdam (auction house), lot no. 110, for 3700 florins (as ‘eene der beste pronkjuweelen van dezen uitmuntenden Zee-schilder, beschouwt te werden’)
  • by 1778
    date QS:P,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    : Pierre Fouquet (1729-1800), Amsterdam
  • Unknown date
    Unknown date
    : purchased by Claude-Joseph de Clos from Pierre Fouquet, Amsterdam (?)
  • from 18 November 1812 until 19 November 1812
    date QS:P,+1812-11-00T00:00:00Z/10,P580,+1812-11-18T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1812-11-19T00:00:00Z/11
    : purchased by Le Rouge at the sale of the collection of Claude-Joseph de Clos at Poultier, Paris, lot no. 42, for FRF 12,610 (as ‘Ce chef-d'oeuvre est du nombre de ceux de ce Cabinet dont M. Clos a refusé très souvent des sommes considérables; en effet il n'est pas possible d'offrir un morceau plus capital et plus parfait de ce célèbre peintre de marine’)
  • by 1821
    date QS:P,+1821-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1821-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    : John Webb Esq.
  • from 30 May 1821 until 31 May 1821
    date QS:P,+1821-05-00T00:00:00Z/10,P580,+1821-05-30T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1821-05-31T00:00:00Z/11
    : sale of the collection of John Webb Esq. at Philips, London, lot no. 185, result unknown (as ‘This picture formerly adorned the Cabinet Clos, and has been considered as the finest known picture of the Master’)
  • 1 June 1822: purchased by Abraham Wildey Robarts (1779-1858), 26 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, at the sale of the collection of John Webb Esq. at Philips, London, lot no. 138, for £603.15a (as ‘The celebrated picture of the Cabinet Clos’)
  • by 1918
    date QS:P,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    : Abraham John Robarts (1838-1926), London
  • by 6 December 2011
    date QS:P,+2011-12-06T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2011-12-06T00:00:00Z/11
    : [Robarts] Family Trust
  • 6 December 2011: purchased by Collectie Broere Foundation at an anonymous sale at Christie's, London (auction house), lot no. 9, for GBP 5,921,250
  • 15 October 2012: lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-C-1707, by Collectie Broere Foundation
Exhibition history
  • [Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and English masters], British Institution, London, June 1829, cat. no.  8.
  • Catalogue of Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch and English Masters. With which the Proprietors have Favoured the Institution, British Institution, London, June 1849, cat. no.  68.
  • Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Eighth Year, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1877, cat. no.  37, as Sea Piece, Lent by A.J. Robarts, Esq. [...] 33 by 46 in..
  • Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters, and by Deceased Masters of the British School; including a Collection of Water Colour Drawings Illustrating the Progress of the Art of Water Colour in England. Winter Exhibition. Twenty-second Year, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1891, cat. no.  67, as Sea-Piece, [Lent by] A.J. Robarts, Esq. [...] 33 by 46 in..
Inscriptions

Signature bottom center:

willem:van velde f
On the rowing boat
References
  • Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Dutch Ships in a Calm, circa 1665
    date QS:P,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
    , height: 86.8 cm (34.1 in); width: 120 cm (47.2 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,86.8U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,120U174728
    .
  • RKDimages, Art-work number 260028, as Ships on a calm sea, 1638-1707, height: 86.3 cm (33.9 in); width: 119.3 cm (46.9 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,86.3U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,119.3U174728
  • Christie's, as Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm, dated circa 1665, height: 86.3 cm (33.9 in); width: 119.3 cm (46.9 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,86.3U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,119.3U174728
    .
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