The Unicorno Collection: Fifty-five Years of Collecting Drawings

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Lot 69
  • 69

Willem van de Velde the Younger Leiden 1633 - 1707 London

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Description

  • Willem van de Velde the Younger
  • sketch of eight ships on a choppy sea
  • black chalk, on two joined sheets of paper
    Inv.nr. N 198

Catalogue Note

This drawing was probably executed somewhat earlier than the previous lot, around 1685.  At that date, the styles of the two Van de Veldes can sometimes be hard to separate, but the loose, almost decorative handling seen here seems on balance more typical of Willem the Younger.