(Leiden 1633 – Greenwich 1707)
Portrait of a Dutch frigate, viewed from close on the port bow, c. 1665
Graphite, pen in brown and grey, grey wash, 219 x 312 mm.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis on crowned shield
Provenance: Possibly W.G. Becker, Dresden (DE); L.E.J. Brouwer, Warmond (NL); Private collection, Amsterdam
This remarkable drawing, a portrait of a small frigate in isometric perspective, served as a preparational study for one of the ships depicted in the famous painting in the Wallace Collection, London. The painting is regarded Van de Velde the Younger’s most important commission during his Amsterdam period (until 1672) and has always been associated with Cornelis Tromp, who may have been the commissioner. Michael S. Robinson about the Wallace picture: ‘This must be regarded one of the most important commissions carried out by The Younger’.
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