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Charles Brooking
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- Charles Brooking
- Dutch fishing kaags by a shore, with a man of war saluting
- signed or inscribed lower left: C. Brooking
inventory number 190 etched into the reverse - oil on canvas
- 24.8 by 35 cm.; 9 3/4 by 13 3/4 in.
Provenance
Henry Richard Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick (1779–1853);
Thence by descent.
Thence by descent.
Exhibited
Wellesley (Mass.), Davis Museum, on long term loan.
Literature
Cooper’s, History of Warwick and Guide to the Castle, illustrated, 1850, p. 100;
H. T. Cooke, An Historical and Descriptive Guide to Warwick Castle…, Warwick 1847, p. 72, in the Compass Room;
W. Kendall, Inventory of Warwick Castle, ms., 1853, in the Compass Room;
Anon., Inventory of Warwick Castle, ms., circa 1860, in the Compass Room;
F. E. Warwick, ‘Warwick Castle’, in The Pall Mall Magazine, vol. XI, January – April 1897, p. 41, in the Red Sitting Room;
Anon., Inventory of the contents of Warwick Castle, ms., 1900, in the Business Room and transferred to the Morning Room;
M. S. Robinson, Van de Velde, London 1990, vol. 1, p. 450, no. 13, as a late copy;
D. Joel, Charles Brooking, Woodbridge 2000, p. 126, no. 35A.
H. T. Cooke, An Historical and Descriptive Guide to Warwick Castle…, Warwick 1847, p. 72, in the Compass Room;
W. Kendall, Inventory of Warwick Castle, ms., 1853, in the Compass Room;
Anon., Inventory of Warwick Castle, ms., circa 1860, in the Compass Room;
F. E. Warwick, ‘Warwick Castle’, in The Pall Mall Magazine, vol. XI, January – April 1897, p. 41, in the Red Sitting Room;
Anon., Inventory of the contents of Warwick Castle, ms., 1900, in the Business Room and transferred to the Morning Room;
M. S. Robinson, Van de Velde, London 1990, vol. 1, p. 450, no. 13, as a late copy;
D. Joel, Charles Brooking, Woodbridge 2000, p. 126, no. 35A.
Condition
The canvas is relined and the painting has been fairly recently cleaned and restored. The relining process has very slightly pinched the paint surface. A 1.75cm (approx) deep horizontal restored band along the upper margin is probably an extension to the canvas and has discoloured. The paint surface is in very good condition with no major damages and only some tiny, meticulously executed, retouchings throughout that have slightly discoloured.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Whilst this painting derives from, in reverse, a composition by Willem van de Velde the Younger of circa 1672, now at Petworth House, West Sussex, which was engraved by Thomas Major, Brooking has updated the hull of the man-of-war in the distance to be consistent with eighteenth century models. Another version is in the collection of the Hon. James Bruce.