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| Artist | Attributed to manner of Backhuysen, Ludolf, I (Dutch painter, calligrapher, and printmaker, 1630-1708) |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to Velde, Willem van de, II (Dutch painter, 1633-1707) |
| Title | A Dutch States Yacht Beating to Windward off the Coast, and Other Vessels |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1675 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1825 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 54.3 x 73 cm |
| Description | The yacht occupies left foreground as it heads left through a choppy sea with the Dutch flag flying from its stern. A smaller single-masted vessel is seen centrally and to the right is a two masted tall ship making way before the wind. Other vessels are also present in the background and at the horizon the low shoreline can be seen. |
| Subject | marine |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Current accession number | 19 |
| Previous accession number(s) | 33 (1855); 498 (1893) |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Archibald McLellan 1854. |
| Principal publications | McLellan Catalogue, Glasgow, 1855, p. 5, no. 33, as by W. van de Velde the Younger; Hofstede de Groot, C., 'Hollandsche Kunst in Schotland', Oud Holland, 11, 1893, p. 144, no. 498, as by Backhuijsen; Hofstede de Groot, C., A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, VII, London, 1923, Backhuijsen, no. 209, as probably an early work; Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 19, no. 19, II, p. 33. |
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| Rights status | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author | Robert Wenley |
