John (1712) Cleveley

Lot 281: JOHN CLEVELEY THE ELDER

Name: JOHN CLEVELEY THE ELDER
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 956c9c11e9

Est: £50,000 GBP - £70,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 08, 2011

Item Overview

Description

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
SOUTHWARK, LONDON 1712 - 1777
AN ENGLISH FRIGATE UNDER SAIL FIRING A GUN, WITH SHIPPING AT ANCHOR AND UNDER SAIL
oil on canvas
91 by 196 cm.; 35 3/4 by 77 1/4 in.

Artist or Maker

John (1712) Cleveley

Exhibited

South Mobile, Alabama Fine Arts Museum;
Annapolis, The United States Naval Academy Museum, 22nd April - 31st May 1986;
Little Rock, The Arkansas Arts Centre, 10th October - 23rd November 1986;
Columbia, Museum of Art;
Alburquerque, Museum of Art, Loan Exhibition, March - May 1987

Literature

M. S. Robinson, Van de Velde: A Catalogue of the Paintings of the Elder and Younger Willem van de Velde, 1990, Vol. II. p. 959, no. 454, version [3]

Provenance

The Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich;
Anonymous sale (The Property of a Gentleman), London, Christie's, 18th June 1976, lot 122;
Private Collection, U.S.A.;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 9th December 2008, lot 11 (bt. for £58,000 by the present owner)

Auction Details

Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale

Sotheby's

December 08, 2011, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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