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Sketch of a sailing ship no. 1

Petrus Van der Veldencirca 1867-70

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<strong>Ships and harbours</strong>

When Petrus van der Velden decided to focus completely on his new profession as an artist in 1867, he began with studies of ships and harbours. This is unsurprising given that marine painting is a quintessentially Dutch genre of art.

Van der Velden developed few of the sketches into finished paintings, but the studies that remain provide a remarkable record of his working process. A reviewer who saw them exhibited in New Zealand in the early 1900s had this to say:

<em>The honesty and truth of the painter are seen, too, in the collection of drawings of ships and boats. Here, block and line, rope and cable, are drawn in their proper place; nothing is missing, nothing skimped.</em>

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  • Title: Sketch of a sailing ship no. 1
  • Creator: Petrus van der Velden (artist)
  • Date Created: circa 1867-70
  • Location: Rotterdam
  • Physical Dimensions: Support: 254mm (width), 355mm (height)
  • Provenance: Gift of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1936
  • Subject Keywords: Sailing ships | Harbours | Rotterdam (Nederland)
  • Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions
  • External Link: Te Papa Collections Online
  • Medium: oil on cardboard
  • Support: cardboard
  • Depicted Location: Rotterdam (Nederland)
  • Registration ID: 1936-0012-122
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