Lot 116: A 'wijdschip' in choppy waters, other vessels beyond

Aernout Smit (Amsterdam 1641/2-1710)
A 'wijdschip' in choppy waters, other vessels beyond
signed 'A. smit' (lower right)
oil on canvas
41.2 x 54.2 cm.

Paderborn, Städtische Galerie in der Reithalle Schloss Neuhaus, Schiffsbruch vor felsiger Küste-Niederländische Landschaften und Seestücke des 17. Jahrhunderts , 23 August-4 November 2001.
Erfurt, Angermuseum, Unter weitem Himmel- Holländische Landschaftsbilder des 'Goldenen Jahrhunderts' aus der Sammlung SOER Rusche , 10 February-21 April 2002.
Dessau, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie, Bauern, Fischer, Vagabunden- Niederländische Landschaftsmalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts aus der SOER Rusche Sammlung , 16 November 2003-6 January 2004.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 June 1988, lot 4.
with R. Valls, London, 1995, where purchased by the present owner.

Property from the SØR Rusche Collection (lot 116)

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