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A Calm
Willem van de Velde the Younger, Willem van de Velde the Elder1663
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
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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