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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast
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
From the Tour: Dutch Landscapes and Seascapes of the 1600s
Object 2 of 8

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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.

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