A Calm

Willem van de Velde the Younger1663

Details

Title: A Calm
Creator Lifespan: 1633 - 1707
Date: 1663
Physical Dimensions: w375 x h340 cm
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil
Work Nationality: Dutch
Support: Canvas on panel
Provenance: Earl of Bute, bef. 1798; London, Michael Bryan; his sale, London, Coxe, 18 May 1798, lot 17; John Nesbitt in 1802; ? his sale, London, Coxe, 25 May 1802, lot 58 ('A Calm, a small but beautiful Cabinet Performance, with a Variety of Vessels and Ships full of Figures; a Picture of rare Merit of this most elegant and admired Sea Painter. From the Collection of the Earl of Bute'). Bt FB (Bourgeois) for £48.6; London, Sir Francis Bourgeois; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
Inscriptions: WVV
Further Information: This dramatic scene shows Christ rising out of his sarcophagus, ascending into Heaven. Angels surround Christ, whilst the Roman soldiers fall away in disbelief.
Artist: van de Velde, Willem the younger
Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)

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