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English Warship Firing a Salute
1690
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Van de Velde and his father picked up their lives in Amsterdam in 1672 and moved to England to paint for the king. Their paintings of the Royal Navy’s massive ships celebrated England’s power in war and trade.
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- Title: English Warship Firing a Salute
- Date Created: 1690
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 91 x 103 x 4 cm (35 13/16 x 40 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 63.7 x 77.5 cm (25 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: -1751 Charles Cavert (1699-1751), Fifth Lord Baltimore, 1751-1771 Frederick Calvert (1731-1771), Sixth Lord Baltimore, 1771-1835 Henry Harford (d. 1771), 1835-1885 Frederick Paul Harford, Down Place, Windsor, sold, Christie's London, 06/1885, - Rufus L. Patterson (1872-1943), New York, [Norton Galleries, New York], 1968-1975 Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.80
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: Front, lower center near edge, signed and dated in paint Reverse: top stretcher, stencil "360 V"; hand written in pencil "Left"; hand written in pencil (red) "18"; Vertical center bar: Label with hand written pencil "K.L Patterson"; hand written pencil " #5"; Signed lower center: "W. V. Velde J. 1690"; horizontal center bar: hand written w/grease pencil "10120".
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
- Collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
- Accession Number: 1975.80
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