Simon de Vlieger

Dutch Ships on Calm Water



Simon de Vlieger - Dutch Ships on Calm Water


Possibly the fleet of Prince Frederick Henry of Orange on the Merwede River at Dordrecht



Simon de Vlieger
Dutch Ships on Calm Water
c. 1650
60 x 83 cm
Oil on panel
Signed lower left on the rudder of the ferry: S. de VLIEGER
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest


Exhibitions


2014 Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age, Nr. 8

Provenance


Prince Miklós II Esterházy, Vienna, acquird before 1821
by descent in the family until 1871 (moved to Pest in 1865)
bought by the Hungarian government together with the bulk of the Esterházy collection, 1871
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Other works by Simon de Vlieger



Simon de Vlieger A View of an Estuary, with Dutch Vessels at a Jetty and a Dutch Man-of-War at Anchor
A View of an Estuary, with Dutch Vessels at a Jetty and a Dutch Man-of-War at Anchor

Simon de Vlieger A Dutch Man-of-War and Various Vessels in a Breeze
A Dutch Man-of-War and Various Vessels in a Breeze

Simon de Vlieger Seascape
Seascape

Simon de Vlieger Seascape
Seascape

Attributed to Simon de Vlieger Lightning over Rough Waters with Sailing Vessels
Lightning over Rough Waters with Sailing Vessels