Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707)
Vessels off the Dutch Coast in a Moderate Breeze Signed and dated 1671
Oil on canvas | 38.4 x 55.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405213
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This small canvas shows modest Dutch shipping dealing with blustery weather: a small fishing pink to the left, a ‘kaag’ to the right all but concealing a ‘smalschip’. The dramatic pattern of clouds, with a dark low-lying bank to the left, may be intended to indicate that a storm has just past; this might explain the way in which the near ships are working to raise their sails. Inscribed ‘W. V. Velde 1671.’
Provenance
Purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring as part of a group of 86 Dutch and Flemish paintings, most of which were collected by Sir Thomas’s father, Sir Francis Baring; they arrived at Carlton House on 6 May 1814; recorded in the Dining Room at Carlton House in 1819 (no 74); in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace in 1841 (no 27)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
38.4 x 55.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
55.9 x 73.5 x 5.2 cm (frame, external)
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