Title
English ships running before a gale
17th century
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Seascape, men-o-war in a squall
Ships in a rough sea - Date
- 17th century
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 52.0 cm stretcher; 51.0 x 71.5 x 6.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1961
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- OO1.1961
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Willem van de Velde the Younger
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1961 Acquisitions, Sydney, 1961. no. 45
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Peter Tomory and Robert Gaston, European Paintings before 1800 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1989, 134 (illus.). no. 412, as "Studio of"
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Provenance
Lt. Col. Harold Boyd-Rochfort, pre 02 Jul 1958, 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"
Duits, London, 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.
Christopher Norris, post 16 Nov 1958, England, Purchased from Duits, London
W.R. Drown, pre 28 Apr 1961, England, Purchased by the AGNSW from W.R. Drown 1961