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Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois(Dutch, 1621-1676)Ships Foundering in Rough Seas Off a Rocky Coastline
27 April – 7 May 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsUS$10,000 - US$15,000
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Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois (Dutch, 1621-1676)
Ships Foundering in Rough Seas Off a Rocky Coastline
unsigned; identified on a label from the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, and with two handwritten inventory labels inscribed 'Proprieta Dott. Bruno Mantegazza' (affixed to the reverse)
oil on panel
72.5 x 107.0 cm (28 9/16 x 42 1/8 in).
framed 95.0 x 125.0 x 5.0 cm (37 2/8 x 49 3/16 x 1 15/16 in).
unsigned; identified on a label from the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, and with two handwritten inventory labels inscribed 'Proprieta Dott. Bruno Mantegazza' (affixed to the reverse)
oil on panel
72.5 x 107.0 cm (28 9/16 x 42 1/8 in).
framed 95.0 x 125.0 x 5.0 cm (37 2/8 x 49 3/16 x 1 15/16 in).
Footnotes
Provenance
The collection of Dr. Cornelis Johannes Karel van Aalst, Hoevelaken, until 1939, then by descent to his heirs.
Dr. N.J. van Aalst, Amsterdam (by descent from the previous).
Christie's, London, Highly Important Netherlandish Pictures from the Collection Formed by the Late Dr. C.J.K. van Aalst, April 1, 1960, lot 34 (as Bonaventura Peeters, signed with initials and dated 1647).
A private collection (acquired from the previous, then by descent).
Bonhams, London, Old Master Paintings, December 8, 2016, lot 19 (as Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois).
The present private collection (acquired from the previous).
Exhibited
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1933-1960, cat. no. 382, loaned from C.J.K. van Aalst and after 1939 from his heirs.
N.B.
The present picture is recorded in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) Database as no. 9105 under Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois. The pennant on the mast of the larger ship is the Flag of Amsterdam in use in the 17th century.