DrawingsDutch17th century

Study of an English Third-Rate Ship

17th century

Artists

Willem van de Velde the ElderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

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

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

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

Provenance

[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

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