Study of an English Third-Rate Ship

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1979.193
People: Willem van de Velde the Elder, Dutch (1611 - 1693)
Title: Study of an English Third-Rate Ship
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/295544

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and gray wash, incised in places, on off-white antique-laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 32.6 x 24.6 cm (12 13/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: Strasbourg lily over 4 WR (similar to Robinson 1974 nos. 18 and 19)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Helene C. Seiferheld Gallery, New York]. [Robert M. Light & Co., Boston], sold; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1964; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.193

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year: 1979
Object Number: 1979.193
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

Eunice Williams, Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, exh. cat., ed. Konrad Oberhuber and William W. Robinson, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1984), cat. no. 20, p. 31, repr. p. 95

Subjects and Contexts

Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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1979.193: Study of an English Third-Rate Ship