A Mediterranean Coastal View with Shipping and Mariners by a Fort

Jan Asselijn (circa 1610 - 1652)

Audley End House and Gardens

circa 1650

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.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 99.1 x 85.7cm
• Art Fund Grant: £35000 ( Total: £135,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2002
• Vendor: Johnny Van Haeften

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.

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