Signed and dated 'S de ∙Vlieger / 1642' (lower right)

oil on panel

74.3 x 106 cm.

Provenance

Collection Mrs. Wesselman, Helmond, by 1951 until after 1973.

Anonymous sale; Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 7 November 1978, lot 125, where bought by the present owners.

Literature

J. Kelch, Studien zu Simon de Vlieger als Marinemaler, Berlin, 1971, pp. 86-101, 157, no. 50.

L. J. Bol, Die Holl?ndische Marinemaler des 17. Jahrhunderts, Braunschweig, 1973, p. 180, ill. p. 177, fig. 179.

E. J. Goossens, Rotterdamse Meesters Uit de Gouden Eeuw, Rotterdam, 1994, no. 65, ill. p. 113.

J. Giltaij & J. Kelch (eds.), Lof der zeevaart. De Hollandse zeeschilders van de 17e eeuw, exh. cat. Rotterdam (Boijmans-Van Beuningen); Berlin (Gemäldegalerie im Bodemuseum) 1996-97, p. 63, ill.

Exhibited

Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Rotterdamse Meesters Uit de Gouden Eeuw, 1994, no. 65, p. 241.

Professor Jan Kelch, Berlin included this work in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné of De Vlieger’s work.