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English Warship Firing a Salute

1690

Netherlands, 17th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 91 x 103 x 4 cm (35 13/16 x 40 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 63.7 x 77.5 cm (25 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1975.80

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Van de Velde and his father picked up their lives in Amsterdam in 1672 and moved to England to paint for the king. Their paintings of the Royal Navy’s massive ships celebrated England’s power in war and trade.

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Inscription

Front, lower center near edge, signed and dated in paint Reverse: top stretcher, stencil "360 V"; hand written in pencil "Left"; hand written in pencil (red) "18"; Vertical center bar: Label with hand written pencil "K.L Patterson"; hand written pencil " #5"; Signed lower center: "W. V. Velde J. 1690"; horizontal center bar: hand written w/grease pencil "10120".

Provenance

[Norton Galleries, New York]

1968-1975 Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975

- Rufus L. Patterson (1872-1943), New York

1835-1885 Frederick Paul Harford, Down Place, Windsor, sold, Christie's London, 06/1885

1751-1771 Frederick Calvert (1731-1771), Sixth Lord Baltimore

1771-1835 Henry Harford (d. 1771)

-1751 Charles Cavert (1699-1751), Fifth Lord Baltimore

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Reproduced: p. 283; Mentioned: p. 282

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art (02/03/1976 - 03/07/1976) "Year in Review" (cat. no. 63, illus. pp. 40)

Cleveland Museum of Art (07/10/1973 - 09/02/1973) "Duch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century" (no catalogue)

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL (10/01/1997 - 04/19/1998) "Re-presenting the Baroque" (no catalogue)

Art Institute of Chicago (10/20/2003 - 01/19/2004); Philadelphia Museum of Art (02/15/2004 - 05/30/2004); Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (06/18/2004 - 09/26/2004) "Manet and the Sea" (exh. cat. pp. 7, fig. 7)

Re-presenting the Baroque. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (organizer) (October 1, 1997-April 1, 1998).

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English Warship Firing a Salute

Netherlands, 17th century

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