Lot 159: f - WIGERUS VITRINGA LEEUWARDEN 1657 - 1725 WIRDUM

A DUTCH YACHT OFF THE COAST, A MAN-O'-WAR AND OTHER SHIPS IN THE DISTANCE

measurements note
54.5 by 74.7 cm.; 21 1/2 by 29 3/8 in.

bears initials on the transem of the tender in the foreground: LB

oil on canvas

NOTE

This is a typical work by Vitringa, many of whose pictures have had his signature replaced by the monogram of his teacher Ludolf Backhuysen. Another such example, of a very similar picture, is the marine sold in Hamburg, Ketterer, 2 September 2002, lot 27.