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Dutch fleet in action

Maker

(Artists)
1633-1707

Title

Dutch fleet in action

Medium

graphite & watercolour (grey) on paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 84 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1268

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

no Witt card but probably same provenance as other van de Velde ships with similar acc. nos.: William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); her estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 December 1921, one of lots 99, 100, 103, 105, 108, 110 or 112; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001

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