id:			148368
accession number:	1975.80
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.80
updated:		2023-08-23 22:32:05.354000

English Warship Firing a Salute, 1690. Netherlands, 17th century. Oil on canvas; framed: 91 x 103 x 4 cm (35 13/16 x 40 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.); unframed: 63.7 x 77.5 cm (25 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1975.80

title:				English Warship Firing a Salute
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creation date:			1690
creation date earliest:		1690
creation date latest:		1690
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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culture:	Netherlands, 17th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Netherlandish-Dutch
type:		Painting
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measurements: Framed: 91 x 103 x 4 cm (35 13/16 x 40 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 63.7 x 77.5 cm (25 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	 Front, lower center near edge, signed and dated in paint
Reverse: top stretcher, stencil "360 V"; hand written in pencil "Left"; hand written in pencil (red) "18"; 
Vertical center bar: Label with hand written pencil "K.L Patterson"; hand written pencil " #5"; Signed lower center: "W. V. Velde J. 1690"; 
horizontal center bar: hand written w/grease pencil "10120". 
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Re-presenting the Baroque
	opening date:   1997-10-01T00:00:00
	<i>Re-presenting the Baroque</i>. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (organizer) (October 1, 1997-April 1, 1998).

	title:		Gallery One 2012
	opening date:   2012-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Gallery One 2012</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art (02/03/1976 - 03/07/1976) "Year in Review" (cat. no. 63, illus. pp. 40)

* Cleveland Museum of Art (07/10/1973 - 09/02/1973) "Duch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century" (no catalogue)

* Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL (10/01/1997 - 04/19/1998) "Re-presenting the Baroque" (no catalogue)

* Art Institute of Chicago (10/20/2003 - 01/19/2004); Philadelphia Museum of Art (02/15/2004 - 05/30/2004);   Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (06/18/2004 - 09/26/2004) "Manet and the Sea" (exh. cat. pp. 7, fig. 7)

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PROVENANCE

	-1751               Charles Cavert (1699-1751), Fifth Lord Baltimore
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	1751-1771	Frederick Calvert (1731-1771), Sixth Lord Baltimore
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	1771-1835	Henry Harford (d. 1771)
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	1835-1885	Frederick Paul Harford, Down Place, Windsor, sold, Christie's London, 06/1885
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	-		Rufus L. Patterson (1872-1943), New York
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	[Norton Galleries, New York]
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	1968-1975	Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975
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fun fact:


digital description:
Van de Velde and his father picked up their lives in Amsterdam in 1672 and moved to England to paint for the king. Their paintings of the Royal Navy’s massive ships celebrated England’s power in war and trade.

wall description:
The subject of this painting is a Royal English Navy ship firing a salute to a state barge. The ship depicted here, may be the sixth-rate frigate called the Saudadoes, which was frequently used to carry individuals or parties on official missions. The designation "sixth-rate" indicates that the ship carried 18-28 cannon, which can be detected from the smoke billowing out from the port side of the vessel. It is possible that Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707) was familiar with the Saudodoes as there is a drawing of the ship, made by his father, which is now in the British Museum. Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611-1693) was a specialist in pen and ink drawings of marine vessels. He would spend time at sea making sketches of individual ships and the maneuvers of the fleet, which formed the basis of the Younger's oil paintings. Throughout their careers the two artists collaborated on a myriad of images.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art.<em> The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 283; Mentioned: p. 282
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