An English Warship Firing a Salute

Provenance

William D. Stuart, at least in 1857.[1] Mrs. P.A. Chamier; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 10 April 1981, no. 74). Dr. F. Zoellner, Risch, Switzerland;[2] (sale, Sotheby's, London, 16 December 1999, no. 28); (Richard Green, London); private collection, United Kingdom; sold February 2018 through (Johnny Van Haeften, Ltd., London) to NGA. [1] Stuart lent the painting to an 1857 exhibition at the British Institution. [2] The 1999 Sotheby's sale catalogue describes the painting as "from the Estate of the late" Dr. Zoellner.

An English Warship Firing a Salute

Velde, Willem van de, the Younger

1673

Accession Number

2018.10.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 66.4 × 52.9 cm (26 1/8 × 20 13/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund