Coastal Scene with a Man-of-War and other Vessels

1692

Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch, 1630-1708

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Coastal Scene with a Man-of-War and other Vessels

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About the Artwork

Title Coastal Scene with a Man-of-War and other Vessels

Artwork Date 1692

Artist Ludolf Backhuysen

Life Dates 1630-1708

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Dutch

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Overall (stretcher): 33 7/8 × 43 7/8 inches (86 × 111.4 cm) Image: 33 5/8 × 43 1/2 inches (85.4 × 110.5 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Fund, General Museum Funds, New Endowment Fund, Mr. & Mrs. Benson Ford Fund, Henry Ford II Fund, Mr. & Mrs. Walter B. Ford II Fund, Josephine and Ernest Kanzler Foundation Fund, J. Lawrence Buell Fund, K.T. Keller Fund, Macauley Fund, Laura H. Murphy Fund, Barbara L. Scripps Fund, Mr. & Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, Henry E. & Consuelo Wenger Fund, Matilda R. Wilson Fund, Mr. & Mrs. Horace E. Dodge Memorial Fund; gifts of James E. Scripps, John L. Booth and Mrs. Virginia Booth Vogel, Mr. & Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, Dr. Wilhelm R. Valentiner, Edsel B. Ford Fund, Earhart Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Lee Hills, Estate of Bela Hubbard, Kleinberger Galleries, Anthony F. Reyre, Mrs. Joseph B. Schlotman, E. and A. Silberman, Mr. & Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb and Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. Fisher by exchange

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2002.134

Markings

Signed Signed, on beam in center foreground: L. Backhuizen Ft.

Inscriptions Inscribed, at lower right of the gentleman's feet: 1692

Provenance

Jean-François Boursault, called Boursault-Malherbe [1752-1842] (Paris, France);
May 7, 1832, sold by (Paillet & C. P. Coutellier, Paris, France) [unsold].
possibly 1832, purchased by Henry Artaria;
1832-1835, acquired by Edmund Higginson (Saltmarche, Herefordshire, England);
June 4, 1864, sold by (Christie's, London, England) auction Higginson, lot 149;
June 4, 1846, (Rutley, London, England);
Humphrey St. John-Mildmay [d. 1853] (London, England);
by descent to his eldest son, Humphrey Francis St. John-Mildmay [d. 1866] (London, England);
by inheritance to his brother, Henry Bingham-Mildmay [d. 1905] (London, England);
June 24, 1893, sold by (Christie's, London, England) auction Henry Bingham-Mildmay, lot 4;
June 24, 1893 (Agnews, London, England);
Walter de Zoete (Colchester, England and North Berwick, Scotland);
April 5, 1932, sold by (Christie's, London, England) auction Walter de Zoete, lot 42;
April 5, 1935, (A. Staal, Amsterdam, Netherlands);
Alfred Cohen (Amsterdam, Netherlands);
confiscated by the German National Socialist (Nazi) government;
October 15, 1999, sold by (Arno Winterberg, Heidelberg, Germany) lot 695 [as in the manner of Ludolf Backhuysen [copy?]);
1999, purchased by (Trafalgar Galleries, London, England);
2001, restituted to Cohen family [through the Art Loss Register];
2002-purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Smith, J. Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. London, 1842, p. 783, no. 26.

Waagen, G. Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain. London, 1857, p. 157.

Hofstede de Groot, C. Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII Jahrhunderts. Stuttgart and Paris, vol. 7, 19.

Hofstede de Groot, C. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, vol. 7. London, 1923, p. 302, no. 404.

Trafalgar Galleries at Maastricht 2000." Exh. cat., Trafalgar Galleries, 2000, pp. 6-9 (ill.).

Bulletin of the DIA: Annual Report 77, no. 3/4 (2003): title page (ill.), pp. 6, 22.

Keyes, George S. et al. Masters of Dutch Painting: The Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2004, pp. 4–5, 18–19, no. 3 (ill.).

Keyes, G.S. "A Brief History of the European Paintings Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts with a Focus on the Dutch School." in the catalogue for The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF). Maastricht, 2005, pp. 10-15.

You, Yao-Fen. “From Novelty to Necessity: The Europeanization of Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate.” In Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate: Consuming the World, ed. Yao-Fen You, Mimi Hellman, and Hope Saska. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 2016, p. 18; 22 (ill.); 126, cat. 1.

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Ludolf Backhuysen, Coastal Scene with a Man-of-War and other Vessels, 1692, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Fund, General Museum Funds, et al., 2002.134.