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CLAES CLAESZ. WOU | A ROCKY COAST IN A STORM

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Property from the SØR Rusche Collection

CLAES CLAESZ. WOU

Amsterdam circa 1592 - 1665 Amsterdam

A ROCKY COAST IN A STORM


oil on oak panel

framed: 21 x 25.5 cm.; 8¼ x 10 in.

unframed: 15 x 19.5 cm.; 5⅞ x 7⅝ in.


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With Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1964;

F.C. Butôt, Sankt Gilgen, Austria, by 1972;

His posthumous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 16 November 1993, lot 15, when acquired.

Zee, Rivier en Oevergezichten, Dordrecht 1964, exh. cat., cat. no. 111, reproduced fig. 82;

Niederländisches Kunst aus dem Goldenen Jahrhundert--Gemälde und Zeichnungen im Umkreis grosser Meister aus der Sammlung F.C. Butôt, exh. cat., Salzburg 1972, pp. 178–79;

Hollandse en Vlaamse kunst uit de 17e eeuw: hoogtepunten van minder bekende meesters: schilderijen en tekeningen uit de verzameling F.C. Butôt, exh. cat., Rotterdam 1973, pp. 178–79;

L.J. Bol, Die holländische Marinemalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Brunswick 1973, p. 81, reproduced p. 84, fig. 82;

Die Sprache der Bilder: Realität und Bedeutung in der niederländischen Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, exh. cat., Brunswick 1978, p. 47, footnote 11;

L.J. Bol, G. Keyes and F.C. Butôt, Netherlandish paintings and drawings from the collection of F.C. Butôt by little-known and rare masters of the seventeenth century, London 1981, pp. 218–19, cat. no. 92, reproduced in colour;

H.-J. Raupp (ed.), Niederländische Malerei des. 17. Jahrhunderts der SØR Rusche-Sammlung, vol. 3, Landschaften und Seestücke, Münster/Hamburg/London 2001, pp. 304–05, cat. no. 81, reproduced in colour.

Dordrechts, Dordrechts Museum, Zee, Rivier en Oevergezichten, July – September 1964, no. 111;

Salzburg, Museumpavillon im Mirabellgarten, 12 July – 12 September 1972; Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, 26 September 1972 – 14 January 1973, Niederländische Kunst aus dem Goldenen Jahrhundert, unnumbered;

Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Hollandse en Vlaamse Kunst uit de 17e eeuw, 16 February – 1 April 1973, unnumbered.


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About the size of a large postcard, this painting is an eloquent tonal description of the cold, stormy atmosphere of the sea on a forbidding coastline. The scudding clouds, choppy waves, and the small forms of the seagulls borne aloft by the gusts of wind are convincingly conveyed through energetic brushwork and a number of shades of grey.


This painting has previously been recorded as monogrammed and dated 1656, lower right.