File:Willem van de Velde II - Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm.jpg

Summary

Willem van de Velde the Younger: Dutch Ships in a Calm

Artist



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
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Greenwich
Work location	Amsterdam (1652-1656), London (ca. 1673-1707)
Authority file	: Q432266 VIAF: 27337373 ISNI: 0000000066612887 ULAN: 500023744 LCCN: n82056731 NLA: 35229633 WorldCat

Title

Dutch Ships in a Calm Sea

Object type

painting

Genre

marine art

Description

Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm by Willem van de Velde II (Baptized December 18, 1633).

Date

Circa 1665

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 86.8 cm (34.1 in); width: 120 cm (47.2 in)

Collection

Rijksmuseum

	Native name	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
	Location	Amsterdam
	Coordinates	52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
	Established	1800
	Website	rijksmuseum.nl
	Authority file	: Q190804 VIAF: 159624082 ISNI: 0000000121961335 ULAN: 500246547 LCCN: n79007489 NLA: 36126463 WorldCat

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: Pierre Fouquet (1729-1800), Amsterdam Unknown date: purchased by Claude-Joseph de Clos from Pierre Fouquet, Amsterdam (?)
from 18 November 1812 until 19 November 1812: 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: John Webb Esq. from 30 May 1821 until 31 May 1821: 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: Abraham John Robarts (1838-1926), London by 6 December 2011: [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 , 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 , 1638-1707, height: 86.3 cm (33.9 in); width: 119.3 cm (46.9 in) 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).

Source/Photographer

Rijksmuseum

Permalink: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.511268

Other versions

File:Dutch Ships in a Calm by Willem van de Velde (II) Rijksmuseum Amsterdam SK-C-1707 (before restoration).jpg
Version before restoration from www.christies.com

File:Amsterdam - Rijksmuseum 1885 - The Gallery of Honour (1st Floor) - Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm 1665 by Willem van de Velde The Younger.jpg
Version with frame by Wikimedia Commons

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English: Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm by Willem van de Velde II (Baptized December 18, 1633).

Other languages:

Bosanski: Holandski ratni i drugi brodovi u mirnim vodama, Willem van de Velde II

Čeština: Obraz Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm od malíře Willma van de Velde II (Pokřtěný 18. ledna, 1633).

English: Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm by Willem van de Velde II (Baptized December 18, 1633).

Français : Man'o'war hollandais et autres bateaux par mer calme, par Willem Van de Velde le Jeune.

Italiano: Man-of-war olandesi e altre imbarcazioni navigano nel mare calmo, dipinto di Willem van de Velde (II).

Magyar: A holland men-o'-war és más hajók a nyugodt tengeren, Ifj. Willem van de Velde festménye

Nederlands: Het schilderij Hollandse schepen op een kalme zee van Nederlands schilder Willem van de Velde de Jonge.

Polski: Obraz Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm (Holenderskie okręty w czasie flauty) autorstwa Willema van de Velde (młodszego).

Русский: Ван де Вельде Младший. Голландские корабли в штиль (1665).

Українська: «Голландські кораблі в штиль», картина Віллема ван де Вельде II (бл. 1665).

한국어: 한중(閑中)의 네덜란드 범선 군함과 다른 선박들. 빌렘 반 데 벨데 2세 그림.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:43, 7 November 2018	7,290 × 5,284 (4.54 MB)	Fæ	Verified colour correct version from source quoted, Rijksmuseum, per Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/User_problems#User:Jan_Arkesteijn
	15:00, 6 July 2012	7,352 × 5,273 (14.72 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	higher resolution
	12:25, 4 January 2012	3,200 × 2,293 (1.97 MB)	FA2010	larger file, same source
	18:23, 27 November 2011	1,024 × 734 (43 KB)	Botaurus	== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Artwork \|artist={{Creator:Willem van de Velde (II)}} \|title={{en\|''Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm''}} \|description= \|date={{other date\|?}} \|medium= {{Technique\|oil\|canvas}} \|dimensions={{Size\|in\|34\|47}} \|institution

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