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Lot 3040* - A216 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 27. March 2026, 02.00 PM

WILLEM VAN DE VELDE the Younger

(Leiden 1633–1707 London)
Fishing boat in calm waters off a coast.
Oil on panel.
Monogrammed lower left on the driftwood: W.V.V.
25.3 × 30.7 cm.

Provenance:
- Collection of William T. Blodgett, New York, 1909.
- Auction Koller, Zurich, 3–4 November 1995, lot 3043.
- Private collection, Switzerland.
- By descent, private collection, Switzerland.
- Auction Koller, Zurich, 31 March 2023, lot 3026.
- European collection.

Exhibited:
New York 1909, The Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 25 September–9 October 1909, no. 133.

Literature:
Cornelis Hofstede de Groot: Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts, vol. VII, Esslingen 1918, p. 96, no. 329.

This painting is registered at RKD, The Hague, as an autograph work by Willem van de Velde the Younger, under number 8999.

CHF 20 000 / 30 000 | (€ 20 620 / 30 930)

Sold for CHF 47 500 (including buyer's premium)