File:Het kanonschot Rijksmuseum SK-C-244.jpeg

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Summary

Willem van de Velde the Younger: The Cannon Shot  wikidata:Q17342294 reasonator:Q17342294
Artist
Willem van de Velde the Younger  (1633–1707)  wikidata:Q432266
 
Willem van de Velde the Younger
Alternative names
Willem van de Velde , Willem Willemsz. van de Velde
Description Dutch-English painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 18 December 1633 (baptised) 6 April 1707 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Edit this at Wikidata Greenwich Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Amsterdam (1652-1656), London (ca. 1673-1707)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q432266
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Dutch:
Het kanonschot Edit this at Wikidata

The Cannon Shot
label QS:Lde,"Der Kanonschuß"
label QS:Lnl,"Het kanonschot"
label QS:Len,"The Cannon Shot"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The canon shot. A man-of-war in a calm with slack sails fires a canon shot. Sloops on either side. In the distance a second man-of-war with lowered sails. Pendant of File:Een schip in volle zee bij vliegende storm, bekend als ‘De windstoot’ Rijksmuseum SK-A-1848.jpeg.
Date Circa 1680
date QS:P571,+1680-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 78.5 cm (30.9 in); width: 67 cm (26.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,78.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,67U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Gallery of Honour
Accession number
SK-C-244
Place of creation London
Object history by 1809
date QS:P,+1809-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1809-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Sir Philip Stephens, 1st Baronet (1725-1809), London (with pendant)

1810: sale of the collection of Sir Philip Stephens, 1st Baronet

1810: acquired by Thomas Jones, 6th Viscount Ranelagh (1763-1820) (?)

22 June 1821 sqq.: sale of the collection of Thomas Jones, 6th Viscount Ranelagh at Christie's, London, lot no. 76

16 May 1829 sqq.: sale of the collection of Thomas Jones, 6th Viscount Ranelagh at Christie's, London, lot no. 10 (as with pendant)

by 10 May 1833
date QS:P,+1833-05-10T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1833-05-10T00:00:00Z/11
: Christianus Joannes Nieuwenhuys (1799-1883), London (?)

10 May 1833 sqq.: sale of the collection of Christianus Joannes Nieuwenhuys at Christie's, London, lot no. 110

by 1834
date QS:P,+1834-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1834-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Albertus Brondgeest (art dealer), Amsterdam

1834: purchased by Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854), Amsterdam, from Albertus Brondgeest, Amsterdam

15 March 1854: bequeathed to the city of Amsterdam, Inventory number SA 8331, by Adriaan van der Hoop, Amsterdam

30 June 1885: lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-C-244, by the city of Amsterdam
Exhibition history

Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450–1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 4 January 1929–9 March 1929, OCLC 38679108, cat. no.  255.

La peinture Hollandaise de Jérôme Bosch à Rembrandt/Hollandse schilderkunst van Jeroen Bosch tot Rembrandt, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten Brussel, City of Brussels, 2 March 1946–28 April 1946, cat. no.  173.

Mostra di pittura olandese del seicento, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 4 January 1954–14 February 1954, cat. no.  168.
Inscriptions

Signature bottom right:

W. v. Velde J.
References Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as The Cannon Shot, circa 1680
date QS:P,+1680-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Amsterdam Museum collectie online, as Het kanonschot, 1670-1690.

RKDimages, Art-work number 9883, as Een Hollands oorlogsschip maakt zich gereed voor vertrek en vuurt een saluutschot af; links op de achtergrond een driemaster, circa 1680
date QS:P,+1680-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(1675-1685) Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 00076374, as Schiff, das einen Kanonenschuß abfeuert
Source/Photographer www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info
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