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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The signature W.V.V. could be connected to Willem van de Velde the Younger but the style of the painting, although clearly influenced by Van de Velde, is quite different. The choice of setting is unlike Van de Velde's depictions: an inner harbour and shipyard with men repairing the hull of an upturned yacht in the foreground, inspecting the frigate on the right, warehouses, a drawbridge, and the tower of the Old Church of Amsterdam (identifiable despite the lack of detail due to a very abraded paint layer) in the background. This typical Amsterdam scene, as well as the style of the ships and small yachts (all with Dutch flags), is closer to the Amsterdam marine painter Hendrik Jacobsz. Dubbels (1621-1676). Dubbels worked in the studio of Simon de Vlieger from 1650-53 where he met Jan van de Capelle and Willem van de Velde II. He painted many Amsterdam scenes up until the late 1650s. This painting may date from that period. Van de Velde's II fame may have been the reason for the addition of his signature. | Subjects: | marine; figure; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Dubbels, Hendrik Jacobsz. (Dutch painter, born 1620 or 1621, died 1676) Æ Attributed to manner of Previously attributed to Velde, Willem van de, II (Dutch painter, 1633-1707) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8515... | Go to resource |
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