Ships off the Coast, Jacob Gerritz Loef, c. 1652

Identification

Title(s)

Ships off the Coast

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1383

Inscriptions / marks

signature, with monogram, lower left, on a log: ‘I G L’

Description

Schepen onder de kust. Zeegezicht met een oorlogsschip en enkele kleinere schepen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jacob Gerritz Loef (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1652

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 60.6 cm × width 84 cm
outer size: depth 8.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1877

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from Jonkheer Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest (1828-1894), Utrecht, The Hague and Dalfsen, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague (inv. no. 3924), with the rest of his collection, 1878; transferred to the museum, as ‘Unknown master’, March 1887; on loan to the Nederlandsch Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam, October 1921-January 1931

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 351

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8922

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