Battle of the Combined Venetian and Dutch Fleets against the Turks in the Bay of Foya, 1649, Abraham Beerstraten, 1656

Identification

Title(s)

Battle of the Combined Venetian and Dutch Fleets against the Turks in the Bay of Foya, 1649

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3737

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘AB 1656’

Description

Zeeslag van de verenigde Venetiaanse en Nederlandse vloten onder bevel van Giacomo Riva tegen de Turken in de Baai van Foja, 12 mei 1649. Links de gewapende Nederlandse koopvaarder 'Madonna della Vigna'.

Creation

Artist

painter: Abraham Beerstraten (mentioned on object)

Dating

1656

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 151.5 cm × width 276.5 cm
depth 15 cm
weight 66 kg

Subject

What

battle (+ sailing-ships)

When

1649 - 1649

Where

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Feb-1949

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Robert Walter Stuart Baird;{Note RMA.}…; from the dealer Fürst, Amsterdam, Huizen, fl. 3,750, to the museum, 1949

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, p. 106
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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