Dutch School
17th century
A Fishing Weyschuit Hauled up on the beach; a Dutch States Yacht Sailing off the Land in a Fresh Breeze
3 7/8 x 6 inches (100 x 153 mm)
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over graphite, on paper; framing line in black ink.
I, 146
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
The central ship is disconcertingly represented with its sail billowing out to the right and its hull pitched to the right, while it is clear from the flags and other boats that the breeze is blowing strongly from the right. The motif must have been copied from another composition and inappropriately integrated here by the copyist.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on the verso, at lower left, in graphite, "a/u"; and below, in Esdaile's hand, in brown ink, "1816 WE N 50x P98. J. Storck".
Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam fragment, (similar to Heawood, no. 434: Holland, c. 1685), rampant lion.
Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam fragment, (similar to Heawood, no. 434: Holland, c. 1685), rampant lion.
Associated names
Storck, Abraham, 1644-after 1704(?), Formerly attributed to.
Esdaile, William, 1758-1837, former owner.
Gibbs, James, 19th cent., former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Esdaile, William, 1758-1837, former owner.
Gibbs, James, 19th cent., former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 146, repr. (as Abraham Storck).
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