(Emden 1630 – 1708 Amsterdam)

 The Dutch men-o-war ‘Ridderschap’ and ‘Hollandia’ (with broken mainmast and mizzen) in difficulties during a hurricane in the Straits of Gibraltar, 1-3 March 1694

Oil on canvas, 150 x 227 cm

Signed with initials on the barrel: l.b

Formerly Rob Kattenburg collection

Purchased by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Provenance:…; collection E. Malling, 1917;{According to the catalogue for the sale, Amsterdam (Christie’s), 8 December 1983, no. 56.}…; sale, Abraham Cornelis Mees (1864-1950, Wassenaar), Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 21 (22) January 1947 sqq., no. 1557, fl. 2,600;{Copy RKD.}…; sale, Amsterdam (Christie’s), 8 December 1983, no. 56;…; the dealer Rob Kattenburg, Amsterdam, 1984;{Delft 1984, p. 22.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1987 (inv. no. SK-C-1619); from whom, fl. 275,000, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1988.

Literature: All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue: first supplement: 1976-91, p. 40. Ludolf Bakhuizen 1631-1708: schryfmeesterteyckenaar-schilder, Ben P.J. Broos, Roosannie Kromhout, Robert Vorstman, Willem L. van de Watering, p. 59, cat.nr. S33; Choice of acquisitions: [1988-3], p. 257, fig. 2. Mauritshuis and Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, ‘”A choice”: a small and personal selection by the guest curator mr. drs. L.C. Brinkman from the various acquisitions acquired for the National Collection during the last seven years’, The Hague 1989, folding sheet no. 20, Hanru Nannen, Ludolf Backhuysen : ein Versuch, Leben und Werk des Künstlers zu beschreiben, Emden 1985. Gerlinde de Beer, Sein Leben und Werk, Ludolf Backhuysen (1630-1708), pp.148-149, Abb. 185, cat. nr. 95, Zwolle 2002.

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