Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Hendrick van Anthonissen
Shipping in a choppy sea
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December 9, 02:28 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Hendrick van Anthonissen
Amsterdam 1605 - 1656
Shipping in a choppy sea
indistinctly signed on the driftwood lower right: AN[...]
oil on oak panel
unframed: 35.9 x 49.2 cm.; 14⅛ x 19⅜ in.
framed: 52.8 x 65.5 cm.; 20¾ x 25¾ in.
This painting featured as the first catalogue entry in the seminal exhibition, Mirror of Empire – a comprehensive survey of Dutch Golden Age marine painting – in which it is dated to the mid-1630s, and compared with Anthonissen's Sailboats in a breeze (Spaendonck collection, Tilburg), where a boat, likewise under full sail, navigates the choppy water.1Anthonissen was directly inspired by his teacher and brother-in-law, Jan Porcellis (1583–1632), who specialised in monochromatic seascapes, capturing the atmospheric effects of light and temperature on the sea and sky. These tonal works employ the nuances found in a limited palette to convey a sense of silvery depth to the vista, in which the variety of sailing vessels pay tribute to the skilled seamanship of the Dutch Republic.