An Antwerp Pleit and Other Ships between Noord-Beveland and Wolphardsdijk, 1775

Title

An Antwerp Pleit and Other Ships between Noord-Beveland and Wolphardsdijk

Draughtsman

• Hendrik Kobell

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Watercolour and body colour, over black chalk or charcoal

Material

• watercolours
• gouache
• chalk?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Verso signiert und datiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarz): Hend=ᵏ Kobell= / Anno. 1775

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Grafit): Een Antwerpse Plijt. en Verder Vaartuyg / Tússe, Noord Beeveland, en Wolfersdijk. getek: / door
Verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): N. f70-
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356); daneben geschwärzter Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts

Watermark

• IV

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• seascape

Primary

• 25H23(+1) sea (seascape) (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
• 43C128 fisherman
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• 46C232 rowing-boat, canoe, etc.
• 46C271 crew ~ ship
• 26C32 storm at sea
• 26B rain
• 25H138(+1) coastal structures (+ landscape with figures, staffage)