Author: Robinson, M.S.
Title: The Paintings of the Willem van de Veldes. Two volumes set in slipcase
Description: large format (31.5cm x 23.5cm), fine production in cloth bound slipcase. (1) xxvi + 566 pages, 19 colour plates, 6 pages coats of arms, 309 half tone illustrations (vessels, sea battles, etc). (2) Pagination continues from above to 1153 pages, 27 colour plates, 359 half tone illustrations (vessels, sea battles, etc), 36 pen and ink sketches of craft, with a further unpaginated section of 44 pages which includes an Index Dating the Paintings 1600-1801 with 34 illus, and an Index Glossary of Sea Terms, with translations by J. Van Beylen, Antwerp, plus a general index. Publisher; Willem van de Velde the Elder and his son Willem van de Velde the Younger were the most accomplished and successful of all marine artists. This book is a catalogue raisonne of the paintings and grisailles of these celebrated artists. It is the life's work of the author, M.S. Robinson, whose profound knowledge of 17th-century ships and seamanship, meticulous research into the provenance of each painting, and analysis of the studio works and copies have produced a monumental work of scholarship. In new condition

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