ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES BROOKING | Dutch fishing boats off a shore in a calm

Another version of this painting by Brooking, which is based on a composition by Willem van der Velde of circa 1671 (see M. Robinson, The paintings of the Willem van de Veldes, 2 vols., London 1990, vol. I, p. 444, no. 65), signed by the artist, was sold in these rooms, 26 June 1968, lot 31.(1)

1 See D. Joel, Charles Brooking and the 18th Century British Marine Painters, Woodbridge 2000, p. 126, no. 32.