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A Coastal Scene
Philips Wouwermanc.1650-55
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Details
- Title: A Coastal Scene
- Creator Lifespan: 1619 - 1668
- Date: c.1650-55
- Physical Dimensions: w790 x h496 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- null: F. Duparc has suggested a date in the first half of the 1650s (letter on file, 1997).Mentioned by Crowe; and by Waagen, ii, 343. Get exact references. Look at F. Duparc, 'Philips Wouwerman, 1619-1668', Oud Holland, 107, 1993, pp. 257-86. A copy with DPG97 file.
- Work Nationality: Dutch
- Support: Canvas
- Provenance: Jacomo de Witt by 1741; ?Amsterdam, Everaerts, Jacomo de Witt sale, 14 May 1741, lot 22; London, Noel Desenfans, 1786-1807: London, Christie's, Desenfans sale, 8ff. Apr. 1786, lot 70; London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1807-1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
- Inscriptions: Signed, bottom right: 'PHLS W' (PHLS in monogram)
- Further Information: Wouwerman was the son of a painter. He probably first trained with his father and is said to have also studied with Frans Hals. Wouwerman evolved a personal style, specialising in landscapes with battles, military encampments and hunting scenes. He also painted a few biblical and mythological subjects.
- Artist: Wouwerman, Philips
- Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)
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