Studio of Willem van de Velde the Younger (Dutch 1633-1707) An English yacht racing to windward under a foresailOil on canvas 148 x 123cm (58¼ x 48¼ in.)Provenance:Sir Richard Cotterell Bt., Garnons, HerefordSale; Sotheby's London, 27 November 1957, lot 47 (as Van de Velde)William Drown, LondonSpink and Son, LondonAlfred Brod Gallery, LondonR.P. Schweder, LondonChaucer and Van Dam Galleries, LondonA Dutch private collectionLiterature:M.S. Robinson, The Paintings of Willem van de Veldes: A Catalogue of the paintings of the Elder and the Younger Willem van de Velde, Vol.II, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1990, pp.1042-4, no.85 (ill.p.1043) Traditionally identified in Robinson as possibly being the yacht Henrietta built in 1679, it has now been suggested that this is in fact His Majesty's Yacht Katherine built 1661. Medium Oil on canvas