A States Yacht and other Shipping off the Dutch Coast

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Ludolf Bakhuizen , Dutch, 1630-1708

Title

Date1696

MediumInk and watercolour on paper

Dimensions

16 x 23.5 cm

Signedcentre right: L. Bakhui centre: 1696

Credit LinePurchased, 1891

Object numberNGI.2007

DescriptionIt is likely that this finely worked pen and wash drawing was intended to be sold as a finished piece. It is prominently signed on the flag flying from a Dutch Indiaman, on the far right of the composition. The date the drawing was made, 1696, is visible on the flag of the United Provinces on the yacht at the centre of the sheet. This drawing was among the last purchases made by Henry Doyle (1827-1892) the Gallery's second director.
ProvenanceHarman Collection; purchased, Christie's, London, 23 June 1891, Miss James Sale, lot 171 Exhibition HistoryMaster European Drawings From the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, Colorado; Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; The Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minnesota; The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1983