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Lot 29

Studio of Willem van de Velde II
(Leiden 1633-1707 Greenwich)
A kaag and a smalschip at anchor in a calm unframed

5 December 2012, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Studio of Willem van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 Greenwich)

A kaag and a smalschip at anchor in a calm
bears initials 'WVV' (lower right)
oil on panel
26.3 x 38cm (10 3/8 x 14 15/16in).
unframed

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
Probably the Collection of James Fenton Esq., Norton Hall, Gloucestershire, 1880 (according to a label on the reverse)
Probably 'A Calm - W. Vande Velde' sold at Christie's, London, February 1880, the Property of James Fenton, Norton Hall, Gloucestershire (Redford's Art Sales, vol. I, p. 307)
With Max Koetser, London
With Rupert Preston Gallery, London, May 1966
Where purchased by the present owner

LITERATURE:
M. S. Robinson, The Paintings of the Willem van de Veldes, (London, 1990), vol. I, p. 395, cat. no. 573, ill. pl. 573

Robinson believed that unless the present painting is a very early, heavily restored work by Van de Velde the Younger, it must be an 18th century studio picture with a copied signature (op. cit. p. 395).

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