Willem van de Velde the Younger
(Netherlands 1633–1707)
English ships running before a gale
- Other titles:
- Seascape, men-o-war in a squall, Ships in a rough sea
- Location
- Not on display
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 52.0cm stretcher; 51.0 x 71.5 x 6.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1961
- Accession number
- OO1.1961
- Provenance
- W.R. Drown (England), pre 28 Apr 1961, England, Purchased by the AGNSW from W.R. Drown 1961
Christopher Norris, post 16 Nov 1958, England, Purchased from Duits, London
Duits, London (England, estab. 1920, closed 1985), 02 Jul 1958-16 Nov 1958, London/England, Purchased Sotheby's London, 2 July 1958, lot no. 162, "The property of Lt. Col. Harold Boyd-Rochfort, removed from Middleton Park, Westmeath, Eire". Duits stock no. 803 as 'Ships in a rough sea', listed in Index cards of works sold not listed in W.E. Duits index cards. Duits index cards now in the collection of the Getty Research Institute.
Lt. Col. Harold Boyd-Rochfort (Ireland), pre 02 Jul 1958, Republic of Ireland, Sold Sotheby's London, 2 July 1958 lot no. 162, "The property of Lt. Col. Harold Boyd-Rochfort, removed from Middleton Park, Westmeath, Eire"
