© Audley End House & Gardens
A Mediterranean Coastal View with Shipping and Mariners by a Fort
Artist: Jan Asselijn (circa 1610 - 1652)
Location: Audley End House & Gardens
Date: circa 1650
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 99.1 x 85.7cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £35,000 (Total: £135,000)
Vendor: Johnny Van Haeften
Review number: 5046 (2002)
Provenance:
Presumed to have been acquired by Sir John Griffin Griffin (died 1797); recorded at Audley End, 1836; Richard, 3rd Baron Braybrooke; thence by descent to the Braybrooke Trustees; Christie's, Linda and Gerald Guterman, 1984; Sotheby's, New York, 1988; private collector, Canada; Sotheby's, New York, 2002; Johnny Van Haeften.
Description:
A Mediterranean harbour is seen in the early evening, the setting sun casting strong shadows as its light strikes a fortified round tower. In the shallows to the left, oyster gatherers are filling a barrel with their catch. In the centre foreground, two standing figures, who may be Eastern merchants, are in mid-discussion.
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