Ludolf BACKHUYSEN (Emden 1630-Amsterdam 1708) - Lot 164

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Ludolf BACKHUYSEN (Emden 1630-Amsterdam 1708) - Lot 164
Ludolf BACKHUYSEN (Emden 1630-Amsterdam 1708) Marine in heavy weather. Canvas. Lebrun house frame, labels on the back. On the back on the frame: Ham 12 and 148 Signed on the flag Ludolph Backh... H.: 44.5 cm, W.: 58.5 cm. Provenance: Probably the painting mentioned by Hofestde de GROOT under N°413., p. 304." A Sea piece with Shipping (23 inches by 17 or 43.18 x 58.42 cm). Sale : London, May 27,1897, No. 46 (30s.). We could not find the catalogue of this sale mentioned by HdG. According to Houbraken, Ludolf Backhuysen began his career as a pupil of Allart van Everdingen and later Hendrick Dubbels. He joined the Amsterdam Guild of Painters in 1663. From then on, his fame grew rapidly, obtaining, for example, a commission in 1665 from the mayor of Amsterdam for a Vue d'Amsterdam de l'Ij offered to a minister of Louis XIV (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Following the resumption of hostilities between the Dutch and the English in 1672, the Van de Velde family settled in England and Backhuysen became the most important naval painter in Holland. Unlike some of his contemporaries, Backhuysen liked to depict a changing climate with a stinking sky full of atmospheric vibrations, sometimes occupying the largest surface area of the composition, with tumultuous waters. Backhuysen, who died in 1708, is the last representative of the golden age of the Dutch navy. Proudly signed in the centre on the flag, our painting is in a very fine state of preservation.
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