ID 1071106
Lot 52 | WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE YOUNGER (LEIDEN 1633-1707 WESTMINSTER) AND STUDIO
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 500 000
An English Two-Decker at Sea
oil on canvas
95 5⁄8 x 137 ¾ in. (243 x 350 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (1652-1727) for Chippenham Hall, Cambridgeshire, and by inheritance to his great-niece,
Letitia Tipping (1699-1779), wife of Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (1695-1770), and by descent to their son,
Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and by inheritance to his niece,
Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys (1764-1836), and by descent to her second son,
Lieutenant-General Arthur Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys (1792-1860), and by inheritance to his younger brother,
Arthur Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798-1863), and by descent in the family to,
Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), at Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.
Literature
J. Grego, Inventory of Pictures: Portraits, Paintings, etc., Ombersley MS., 1905, where listed in the Great Dining Hall.
ONM / 1 / 2 / 7, journal entry for a visit to Ombersley Court, 25 August 1950, Oliver Millar Archive, Paul Mellon Centre, London, p. 29.
A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - II', Country Life, 9 January 1953, pp. 96 and 97, pls. 7 and 9.
Ombersley Court Inventory, annotated Ombersley MS., June 1963, where listed in the Dining Room.
M.S. Robinson, Van de Velde: A Catalogue of the Paintings of the Elder and Younger Willem van de Velde, Greenwich, 1990, II, p. 969, no. 637.
Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 28, where listed in the Ballroom.
| Artist: | Willem van de Velde II (1633 - 1707) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Willem van de Velde II (1633 - 1707) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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