Willem van de Velde the Younger: Ships on a Calm Sea  |
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Title | Ships in the Roads |
Object type | painting  |
Genre | marine art  |
Date | circa 1658 date QS:P571,+1658-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium | oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions | height: 66.5 cm (26.1 in); width: 77.2 cm (30.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,66.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,77.2U174728 |
Collection | Mauritshuis (Inventory) |  | Native name | Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis | Location | | Coordinates | 52° 04′ 49.4″ N, 4° 18′ 51.5″ E  | Established | 1822  | Website | mauritshuis.nl | Authority file | | institution QS:P195,Q221092 |
Accession number | 200 |
Place of creation | Northern Netherlands |
Object history | by 1752 date QS:P,+1752-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1752-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Govert van Slingelandt (....-1767), The Hague from 1767 until 1768date QS:P,+1767-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1767-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1768-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : the estate of Govert van Slingelandt 1768: purchased by Willem V van Oranje-Nassau (1748-1806), The Hague, from the estate of Govert van Slingelandt from 1768 until 1795date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1768-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Willem V van Oranje-Nassau, The Hague |
Exhibition history | Tentoonstelling van Nederlandsche zee en riviergezichten uit de XVIIde eeuw, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, 22 December 1945–3 February 1946, cat. no. 54. The orange and the rose. Holland and Britain in the age of observation, 1600-1750, 22 October 1964–13 December 1964, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Cat.no. 71.
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Inscriptions | Signature bottom left: W vande velde f |
References | Mauritshuis online catalogue, as Ships in the Roads, circa 1658 date QS:P,+1658-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , 66.5 × 77.2 cm (26.1 × 30.3 in). RKDimages, Art-work number 9916, as Admiraliteitsjacht van Amsterdam, driemaster, waterschip en andere vaartuigen voor anker bij windstilte; op de achtergrond het silhouet van een kuststrook en havenstad (Wieringen?; Schedeldoekshaven?), circa 1658date QS:P,+1658-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , 66.5 × 77 cm (26.1 × 30.3 in) Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20186231, as Schiffe im Hafen bei Amsterdam, circa 1658date QS:P,+1658-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , 66.5 × 77 cm (26.1 × 30.3 in) Web Gallery of Art, as Warships at Amsterdam, circa 1658date QS:P,+1658-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , 66.5 × 77 cm (26.1 × 30.3 in).
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Source/Photographer | Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artworkwga QS:P11807,"v/velde/willem/warships" |
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