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A Dutch East-Indiaman off Hoorn
Laureys a CastroBefore 1686
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
"The ship can be identified from the stork on her stern as e Ooeivaar, a Dutch East Indiaman. She is anchored off the seaport of Hoorn in northern Holland, making this perhaps the only known work by Castro in which a precise location is identifiable."
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- Title: A Dutch East-Indiaman off Hoorn
- Creator Lifespan: Active c. 1664 - died c.1700?
- Date: Before 1686
- Physical Dimensions: w765 x h635 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Nationality: Flemish
- Support: Canvas
- Provenance: London, William Cartwright (possibly inventory no. 218: 'seascift sumthing calme with [five?] ships & wharfe in a gilt frame - Castros. Mr Hart has 2.10s.'); Cartwright Bequest, 1686.
- Inscriptions: Signed bottom right: 'Castro'
- Artist: a Castro, Lorenzo
- Acquisition Method: Cartwright, William (Bequest, 1686)
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