A view of the sea from the dunes. Two ships, so-called pinks, and a rowing boat at lying on the beach. Two figures can be seen far off on the beach, while a third is walking into the dunes. To the right, three masts stick out above the dunes.
The small painting is signed at bottom left with the initials of Willem van de Velde. The work was apparently produced partly by Willem van de Velde de Jonge and partly by his younger brother Adriaan van de Velde (1636-1672).
Van de Velde painted this particular spot in the Dutch dunes on several occasions. One of the works, the ‘View of the North Sea from the dunes near Zandvoort’, is also in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Whether these are actually the dunes near Zandvoort is, however, not certain.
Specifications
| Title | Coastal View |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on panel |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 29,7 cm Height 24 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Willem van de Velde (II)
|
| Accession number | VdV 81 |
| Credits | Loan Foundation Willem van der Vorm, 1972 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1972 |
| Creation date | in circa 1660 |
| Collector | Collector / Willem van der Vorm |
| Internal exhibitions |
De verzameling Willem van der Vorm. Schilderijen van Hollandse en Franse meesters uit de 17e en 19e eeuw (1950) The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
