Lot 120: Cornelis van de Velde , circa 1674 - after 1717 A small English man-o' war firing a salute with small boats nearby oil on canvas

remains of a signature lower centre on the piece of drift wood oil on canvas

measurements note 25.4 by 30.4 cm.

THE PROPERTY OF A BELGIAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Cornelis van de Velde was the son of Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707). Only a few works by Cornelis are known, which attest to a more decorative approach to the subject than his father's. He set up shop in Greenwich, where he may have died in 1717. He was buried next to his father in St. James's, Piccadilly.