Charles Brooking British, 1723-1759
Blankenberg Castle off the coast of Flanders
oil on cancas
13 x 16½ in. (33 x 41.9 cm)
Sold
Provenance
J.H. Anderdon;
Isabella Frances Weston, by whose executors sold, Christie's, 21st October 1949, lot 18, bt. Agnew for £304-10-0
Literature
No. 104B in David Joel's Charles Brooking and the 18th Century Marine Painters
This composition is based on a painting by Jan van Goyen, which Brooking must have known from the engraving by T. Major, which is now in the Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique.
We are grateful to Commander David Joel for confirming the attribution to Brooking.