Literature

Collection catalogues
Homan Potterton, Dutch seventeenth and eighteenth century paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1986, pp. 4-5, fig. 6

Provenance

F.W. Reynolds sale, Christie's, 10 April 1883, lot 78
where purchased by The National Gallery of Ireland
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Other works by Ludolf Backhuysen

Dutch Men-of-War and Small Vessels in a Fresh Breeze off Enkhuizen
1683

An English Vessel and a Man-of-War in a Rough Sea off a Coast with Tall Cliffs
1680s

Portait of a Man from Emden
c. 1675-80

The Eendracht and a Fleet of Dutch Men-of-War before the Wind

The Arrival of King-Stadholder William III in the Oranjepolder on 31 January 1691
1692