Wigerus Vitringa, copy after
SEASCAPE WITH SAILING SHIPS
Oil on canvas (relined). 49.5 x 74.3 cm.
LB 1695 (on the sailing boat in the centre).
This marine painting was for a long time considered to be a late work by Ludolf Backhuyzen. It is actually a replica of a composition by Wigerus Vitringa, a pupil of Backhuyzen´s from Friesland.
We thank Dr. Gerlinde de Beer for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Certificate
S. J. Gudlaugsson, RKD, The Hague, 15. January 1960 (as late work by Ludolf Backhuyzens). - Prof. Paul Hübner, Freiburg, 23. January 1960 (as Ludolf Backhuyzen).
Provenance
Privat property, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Literature
Cf. exhibtion catalogue Leeuwarden 2008: Wigerus Vitringa. De zeeschilder van Friesland. Leeuwarden 2008.