Willem van Bemmel

The catalogue illustration is representative for the actual painting. The canvas is unlined and has a strip lining along the edges. The paint surface seems to be in good condition, but has a few repaired damages, e.g. lower left corner, lower right corner in the rocks, and a few in the sky, of which most of them are only revealed by inspection under UV light. The paint surface is under a clear layer of varnish, but has a heavy craquelure pattern, which shows a minor tendency towards cupping. Overall, the painting is in good condition. Offered in a decorative gilt plaster and wood frame with a few chips. (ML)
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This work is both stylistically and thematically related to another of Van Bemmel's southern coastal landscapes, in the Herzog Anton-Ulrich Museum, Brunswick (inv. no. 1048).¹

1. See W. Eiermann, Willem van Bemmel (1630-1708), Petersberg 2007, p. 211, cat. no. W V.21b, reproduced in colour p. 69.