Lot 250: Willem van de Velde the Elder (Leiden 1611-1693 London) Dutch ships off the coast

Willem van de Velde the Elder (Leiden 1611-1693 London)
Dutch ships off the coast pencil on three attached sheets, one watermarked IHS with a cross28.1 x 54.8cm (11 1/16 x 21 9/16in).

Provenance: Sale, Christie's, London, 11 December 1979, lot 308With Rob Kattenburg, Amsterdam, where purchased by the present owner in 2012It has been suggested that the present work depicts the Dutch merchant fleet waiting off the coast of Texel in 1653.