After Willem van der Velde II (18th century) An English yacht head-reaching under a foresail in a strong to gale-force wind Oil on canvas, 151 x 125.8 cm Provenance: - Collection Sir Richard Cotterell Bt, Garnons, Hereford - Auction Sotheby's, London, 27 November 1957, lot 47 (as Van der Velde) - Collection William Drown, London - Spink & Son, London - Alfred Brod Gallery, London - Collection R.P. Schweder, London - Chaucer and Van Dam Galleries, London - Collection of a prominent family, the Netherlands Literature: M.S. Robinson, The paintings of the Willem van de Veldes. A catalogue of the paintings of the Elder and the Younger Willem van de Velde Vol. II, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1990, pp. 1042-1044, no. 85 (ill.) Note: Opinions differ whether the depicted yacht is the Henrietta, built in 1679, or the Katherine, used by Samuel Pepys and built in 1674 by Phineas Pett.
After Willem van der Velde II (18th century) An English yacht head-reaching under a foresail in a strong to gale-force wind Oil on canvas, 151 x 125.8 cm Provenance: - Collection Sir Richard Cotterell Bt, Garnons, Hereford - Auction Sotheby's, London, 27 November 1957, lot 47 (as Van der Velde) - Collection William Drown, London - Spink & Son, London - Alfred Brod Gallery, London - Collection R.P. Schweder, London - Chaucer and Van Dam Galleries, London - Collection of a prominent family, the Netherlands Literature: M.S. Robinson, The paintings of the Willem van de Veldes. A catalogue of the paintings of the Elder and the Younger Willem van de Velde Vol. II, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1990, pp. 1042-1044, no. 85 (ill.) Note: Opinions differ whether the depicted yacht is the Henrietta, built in 1679, or the Katherine, used by Samuel Pepys and built in 1674 by Phineas Pett.
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