Possibly the fleet of Prince Frederick Henry of Orange on the Merwede River at Dordrecht
Simon de Vlieger
Dutch Ships on Calm Water
c. 165060 x 83 cm
Oil on panel
Signed lower left on the rudder of the ferry: S. de VLIEGER
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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
Seascape
Lightning over Rough Waters with Sailing Vessels
Dutch Fishing Boats Hauling in Their Nets
Dutch frigates exchanging salutes
Calm Estuary at Dawn with a Dutch Kaag