(Fishing boats coming in from a storm, Breda)

 

Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek

  1778 - 1851 (biography)

c. 1830  

ink drawing with wash 

5 7/8 x 7 1/2" image and paper size 

ink signed in image, lower right 

 

pencil annotation on verso" "Overleden le Breda Mei 1851", which translates to "passed away May 1851" 

 

antique-white wove 

 

 

22077 

$400.00 

Breda is a fortified municipality situated in southern Holland, whose name is derived from the word "brede", meaning wide--referring to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. This delicately executed nautical scene depicts two fishing boats likely heading into port from the North Sea, with a backdrop of a moody sky dotted with seagulls.