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

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

SK-A-3271

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.

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

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

• painter: anoniem, Low Countries
• painter: anonymous, Low Countries
• painter: Peter van de Velde [rejected attribution]

c. 1670

oil on panel

support: height 70.4 cm x width 107.5 cm

Gift of W. Buckley, Basingstoke

gift 1937-08

Public domain

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.

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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