Lot 50: ISAAC WILLAERTS UTRECHT CIRCA 1620 - 1693

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A COASTAL LANDSCAPE WITH A GALLEY, AN ENGLISH GALLEY FRIGATE, A FISHER PINK, AND A ROWING BOAT ON CHOPPY WATERS, FISHERMEN UNLOADING AND SELLING THEIR CATCH ON THE BEACH NEAR A VILLAGE

measurements note
65 by 89 cm.

signed and dated lower left: IS (in compendium) . willarts. / .1647.

oil on panel

PROVENANCE

German gallery label on the reverse, cat. no.216 (gallery no. 269).

NOTE

As the son of the marine painter Adam Willaerts (1577-1664) and the brother of Abraham Willaerts (1603-1669), also painter of seascapes, it is not surprising that Isaac took up the same profession and became a member of the Utrecht painters-guild in 1637.

This is an early work, strongly influenced by Isaac's father Adam, with whom his work has often been confused.