Provenance

The Collection of Dr. Cornelis Johannes Karel van Aalst, Hoevelaken, and by descent to his son
Dr. N. J. van Aalst, Amsterdam
His sale, Christie's, London, 1 April 1960, nr. 34 (as Bonaventura Peeters, signed with initials and dated 1647, purchased by Dent 200gns)
Purchased by the present owner's father in the 1960s
Sale Bonhams, London, 8 December 2016, nr. 19 (bought in)
Sale Bonhams, London, 6 April 2017, nr. 25

Other works by Jacob Bellevois

Dutch frigates and fishing boats off the coast of Vlissingen

Shipping in a stormy sea

Dutch shipping in choppy seas off the coast of Amsterdam

Dutch shipping foundering in stormy seas

The Zeeland Fleet on the Merwede, Dordrecht in the distance