Dutch threemasters and other shipping in choppy waters

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Attributed to Wigerus Vitringa (Leeuwarden 1657-1721 Wirdum)
Dutch threemasters and other shipping in choppy waters
oil on canvas
88.7 x 111.6 cm.

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Lot Essay

For the attribution, compare with the work, signed and dated 168(?)5, oil on canvas and measuring 122 x 155 cm., on loan to the Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (inv. no. S 9159) and with the picture, signed with monogram, oil on canvas and measuring 59 x 75 cm., sold anonymously, Lempertz, Cologne, 19-21 November 1981, lot 259.

We are grateful to Sabine Giepmans of the RKD, The Hague, for the tentative attribution, given on the basis of a photograph.

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