After Willem van der Velde II (18th century)An English yacht head-reaching under a foresail in a strong to gale-force windOil on canvas, 151 x 125.8 cmProvenance:- Collection Sir Richard Cotterell Bt, Garnons, Hereford- Auction Sotheby's, London, 27 November 1957, lot 47 (as Van der Velde)- Collection William Drown, London- Spink & Son, London- Alfred Brod Gallery, London - Collection R.P. Schweder, London- Chaucer and Van Dam Galleries, London- Collection of a prominent family, the NetherlandsLiterature:M.S. Robinson, The paintings of the Willem van de Veldes.

A catalogue of the paintings of the Elder and the Younger Willem van de Velde, Vol. II, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1990, pp.