10th Mar, 2020 10:00
Fine Interiors (including Books and Maps) - Two Day Sale
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Hendrik van Minderhout (Dutch, 1632-1696)
Hendrik van Minderhout (Dutch, 1632-1696)
A DUTCH STATES YACHT AND A MAN-O-WAR IN CALM WATERS AT SUNSET, OTHER SHIPPING BEYOND
Signed on stern of States Yacht, oil on canvas
105 x 114cm
Hendrik van Minderhout was born in Rotterdam and, for unknown reasons, he was known as the 'Green Knight of Rotterdam'. He was recorded as working in Bruges in1652, and later in Antwerp in 1672, where he remained until his death in 1696.
Primarily known for his grand Italianate Mediterranean harbour views (see ‘Italianate Harbour Scene, with the Monument of Ferdinand I de’ Medici at Leghorn’, Royal Greenwich Museums), Minderhout was exceedingly versatile and also painted landscapes, views of Antwerp and Bruges as well as harbour capriccios, battle scenes and seascapes, as here. This has led in the past to suggestions that there may have been two artists responsible for paintings now attributed to him. There is an element of majesty and grandeur to his style which appealed to the baroque tastes of the late 17th century audience, comparable to Willem van de Velde the Younger. Although born in Holland, he is considered to be the last great Flemish marine painter.
Often choosing a low viewpoint, building his compositions around a busy harbour in the foreground, teaming with detail, here we see instead the two fishing boats loaded with lobster pots serving to draw our eyes into the composition, threading our way through to the splendidly carved and gilded stern of the Dutch states yacht and beyond to the man-o-war and shipping in the misty distance. He was more concerned with the theatricality of his composition and the creation of romantic effects than with accuracy; here tall masts, sharply silhouetted forms and colour contrasts create a dramatic effect.
Minderhout became a member of the local Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp and gifted a large painting of an Oriental Port so that he may be exempted from any guild duties. By his second wife, Minderhout fathered five children, of whom two, Anton van Minderhout (26 Sept 1675-22 Dec 1705) and Willem August van Minderhout (28 Aug 1680-31 June 1752), became painters.
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Sold for £37,000
Condition Report
Light craquelure throughout
Seen under UV: a patch of retouching ¾ of the way up the right hand side (around 2 inches square), another area to the top foresail of main boat (size 3 inches by 1 inch), older restoration across areas of the sea. There is also older retouching throughout the sky. There is a margin of retouching down the left hand edge around an inch wide. Other scattered dots and dabs. Some of the more recent retouching is visible to the naked eye
Stretcher is visible across the centre
Surface dirt
Paint a little thin in areas
Old relining, probably 19th century
Provenance: Private collection, purchased in 1950s
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Auction: Fine Interiors (including Books and Maps) - Two Day Sale, 10th Mar, 2020
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