DrawingsDutch17th century

Seascape with Boats arriving at a Dutch Warship and Others at Anchor Beyond

17th century

Artists

Willem van de Velde IIArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

10.1 x 21.7 cm (4 x 8 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Perhaps Jeremiah Harman, London. Perhaps Samuel Woodburn, London, perhaps sold; [Christie’s, London, 4 June 1860 and following days, under lots 1009–1013.] Probably M. P. van der Dussen van Beefting, probably sold; [Lamme, Rotterdam, 29-20 May 1876, as part of lot 712.] Probably J. F. Ellinckhuysen, Rotterdam, probably sold; [Muller and Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 19-20 November 1878, lot 256 or 257]; to Hogarth. Charles Sackville Bale, London (L. 640, former mat), sold; [Christie’s, London, 9 June 1881 and following days, lot 2490]; to [Jane Noseda, London.] John Postle Heseltine, London (L. 1507, former mat), by 1910, sold; [Muller, Amsterdam, 27-28 May 1913, lot 220]; to [Muller (bought in).] [Frederick Keppel & Co., New York], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (L. 2091, without his mark), 1913; Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs, 1965.215