JOHANN VAN DER HAGEN (1675–1745)

An English Man O' War with other shipping, a storm approaching.

Oil on canvas.
Size including frame:54 x 73¼ in.(137.16 x 186.05 cm.)

PROVENANCE:

(George) Nicholas Le Gendre Horton-Fawkes;

Farnley Hall, Otley, West Yorkshire.

NOTES:

This painting was clearly influenced by the work of Willem van de Velde II, (cf. A Small Dutch Vessel close-hauled in a Strong Breeze by Willem van de Velde II, at the National Gallery).  Van der Hagen was thought to have been a student of Willem van de Velde The Younger, and was linked to him by the marriage of his daughter to van de Velde’s son Cornelis.