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Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch, 1631 - 1708 Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast, 1667 oil on canvas, 114.3 x 167.3 cm (45 x 65 7/8 in.) Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund 1985.29.1 |
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Provenance
Arthur George, 3rd Earl of Onslow [1777-1870], West Clandon Place, Surrey.[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 July 1893, no. 24); (J.W. Vokins).[2] Siméon del Monte, Brussels, from at least 1928;[3] sold by del Monte heirs at (Sotheby's, London, 24 June 1959, no. 22); purchased by (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London); (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 19 April 1985, no. 111); purchased by NGA.
[1] The Arthur George ownership comes from labels that were formerly affixed to the stretcher. [2] Annotated copy of sales catalogue in NGA curatorial files.[3] Published in Gustav Glück, La Collection del Monte, 1928, p. 21. An old label from the back of the painting also refers to the del Monte collection.
Associated Names
- Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
- Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
- Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
- George, Arthur, 3rd Earl Onslow
- Monte, Siméon del
- Sotheby's, London
- Vokins, J.W.
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