Descriptif du lot
This painting was rightly recognised as a work by van Nuys after an added signature was cleaned off and that of van Nuys revealed.
A calm sea with men-o'-war at anchor and shoals of dolphins
Details
Arien Jansz. van Nuys (active Rotterdam, mid 17th Century)
A calm sea with men-o'-war at anchor and shoals of dolphins
signed 'Arÿ · Jansz . van . nuys' (lower left)
oil on panel
27½ x 41¾ in. (69.8 x 106.1 cm.)
A calm sea with men-o'-war at anchor and shoals of dolphins
signed 'Arÿ · Jansz . van . nuys' (lower left)
oil on panel
27½ x 41¾ in. (69.8 x 106.1 cm.)
Provenance
Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C., Northwick Park; (+) Christie's, London, 25 February 1966, lot 60 (3,800 gns. to the present owner).
Literature
A Catalogue of the Pictures, Works of Art, etc. at Northwick Park, 1864 (1908), no. 138.
T. Borenius, A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Northwick Park, London, 1921, no. 177, as 'Jan Van de Cappelle'.
L. Bol, Die Holländische Marinemalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1975, p. 197, fig. 201.
T. Borenius, A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Northwick Park, London, 1921, no. 177, as 'Jan Van de Cappelle'.
L. Bol, Die Holländische Marinemalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1975, p. 197, fig. 201.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Winter Exhibition, 1952-1953, no. 116.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Présenté par
Elisabeth van Cleef
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