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Ludolf Backhuysen (artist) Dutch, 1631 - 1708 Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast, 1667 oil on canvas overall: 114.3 x 167.3 cm (45 x 65 7/8 in.) framed: 147.3 x 146.1 x 6.4 cm (58 x 57 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.) Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund 1985.29.1 On View |
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Provenance
Arthur George, 3rd earl of Onslow [1777-1870], Richmond, and Clandon Park, near Guilford, Surrey;[1] his heirs; (his estate sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 July 1893, no. 24); (J.W. Vokins).[2] Siméon del Monte, Brussels, by 1928;[3] sold by his heirs at (sale, 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 (now in NGA curatorial files).
[2] The buyer is noted in an annotated copy of the sales catalogue; copy in NGA curatorial files.
[3] Published in Gustav Glück, La Collection del Monte, Vienna, 1928: 22, pl. 41. An old label from the back of the painting (now in NGA curatorial files) also refers to the del Monte collection.
Associated Names
- Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
- Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
- Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
- Monte, Siméon del
- George, Arthur 3rd Earl Onslow
- Sotheby's, London
- Vokins, J.W.
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