Delfshaven ca. 1640 – Rotterdam 1693
A ‘grisaille’ of Sailing Ships on Choppy Waters
Signed with the monogram ‘C.D.M.’, lower left
Oil on panel
H. 26,3 cm. | W. 33,8 cm.
PROVENANCE
European private collection
REFERENCE LITERATURE
Giltaij, J.& Kelch, J. (1996). Lof der Zeevaart. De Hollandse zeeschilders van de 17e eeuw. Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, pp. 45-58, pp. 453-456;
Seeling, G. (2013). Kosmos der Niederländer: die Sammlung Christoph Müller. Petersberg: Imhof, pp. 186-187, with ill.
Löffler, E. (2012). ‘Getekend op doek of paneel: het penschilderij’. In: Desipientia 19, nr. 1, pp. 23-26
CATALOGUE NOTE
The presnt work is very comparable to Ships on the high sea, singed ‘C.P.MOOY’, collection Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Schwerin (inv.nr. G 3882; Seelig, 2013, pp. 186-187).