Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Ludolf Backhuysen
The Koning Willem III and other ships in the sea-roads off Texel
Live auction begins on:
July 3, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ludolf Backhuysen
Emden 1630–1708 Amsterdam
The Koning Willem III and other ships in the sea-roads off Texel
signed in monogram upper centre, on the flag that tops the ship in the foreground: LB
oil on canvas
unframed: 55.9 x 71.1 cm.; 22 x 28 in.
framed: 73.7 x 87.6 cm.; 29 x 34½ in.
With John Smith & Son, London;
By whom sold to Thomas Henry Allen Poynder (1814–1873), Hartham Park, Wiltshire, on 21 October 1865, for £200;
By descent to his grandson, Sir John Dickson-Poynder, later 1st Baron Islington, GCMG, GBE, DSO, KStJ, PC (1866–1936), Hartham Park, Wiltshire;
With Alan Jacobs Gallery, London, by September 1979;
By whom sold to a private collector, New Hampshire;
By whom sold, Maine, Barridoff Auctions, 4 August 2006, lot 7, for $375,750;
Where acquired by the present owner.
Day Book of John Smith & Son, MS, 3 June 1848 – March 1867, vol. IV, 21 October 1865, p. 666;
C. Gully, 'Ludolf Bakhuysen: Marine Painter', in The Antique Collector, vol. 55, no. 8, 1984, pp. 27–28, reproduced in colour fig. 8;
F. Suzman Jowell, in Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past, A. Dumas (ed.), exh. cat., Denver 2007, pp. 94, 257, no. 1, reproduced in colour.
Atlanta, High Museum of Art; Denver, Denver Art Museum; and Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past, 16 October 2007 – 13 January 2008; 23 February – 25 May 2008; and 19 June – 21 September 2008, no. 1.
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