The Battle of the Sound with the Eendracht Engaging Two Swedish Warships, 1658, anonymous, c. 1670

Identification

Title(s)

The Battle of the Sound with the Eendracht Engaging Two Swedish Warships, 1658

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3271

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, with initials, bottom centre, on the spar: ‘P.V[…]16[..]’
inscription, lower left, on the tafferel of the ship: ‘HET.SCHIP.DE.EEN.DRACHT.’
inscription, centre, on the tafferel of the ship: ‘HET.SCHIP.STAA.VOOREN.’

Description

Zeeslag bij Elseneur in de Sont tussen de Hollandse en de Zweedse vloot, 8 november 1658. Tussen de oorlogsschepen verschillende sloepen en wrakken van gezonken schepen. Op de achtergrond kasteel Kronborg.

Creation

Artist

painter: anonymous
painter: Peter van de Velde (rejected attribution)

Place

Low Countries

Dating

c. 1670

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height c. 70.4 cm × width c. 107.5 cm

Subject

What

battle, fighting in general (+ sailing-ships)

When

1658-11-08 - 1658-11-08

Where

Sont

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of W. Buckley, Basingstoke

Acquisition

gift Aug-1937

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Wilfred Buckley (1873-1933) of Moundsmere Manor, Preston Candover, Hampshire; following the death of his widow Bertha Terrell Buckley (?-1937), London, presented by the executors to the museum, 1937; on loan to the Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam, since 1979

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 89
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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