(Rotterdam 1691 – 1783)

Shipping of the Dutch coast

Pen and brush in grey and brown East Indian ink, 212 x 308 mm

Signed on the driftwood lower right: C. de Grient

Dated lower left: 1760

Provenance: United Kingdom, private collection

From left to right: A ‘bootschip’ (5a), a ‘kofschip’ (3a) in the front right from the middle a ‘smakschip’ (7a) and a fregate.

Literature:Cf.: VERZAMELING/ VAN vier en tachtig stuks/ HOLLANDSCHE SCHEPEN/GETEEKEND EN IN KOPER GEBRACHT/ DOOR/ G. GROENEWEGEN/ 1789/ te Rotterdam, bij/ J. VAN DEN BRINK/Noordblaak, D.295. Etsen 3A, SA, 7A en 7 C.