JAN VAN DE CAPELLE (1624-5-1679) VIEW OF DORT Panel, 365/8 inches by 61 inches

ON the left is a man-of-war with many figures, closer to spectator, but more to the right, is a State barge with a Dutch flag at the stern. On the right some sail-boats taking on cargo from the row-boats about. In the distance another large man-of-war and many sailing-bats, beyond is the City of Amsterdam. Mentioned in Bryan's Dictionary, Vol. V, p. 232. Exhibited at Burlington House, 1884, No. 73. " " Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1910. " " Old Master Exhibition, M. Knoedler & Co, 1912. Previously owned by Hon, W. Massey Mainwaring, London. Jan Van de Capelle, born in 1624 or 1625, son of Francis, a dyer, and Anne Mariens. He married Anne, daughter of Jan van Serhuysen, before Sept. 12, 1653, and died Set. 22, 1679, leaving four sons and three daughters, and a considerable fortune gained chiefly as a dyer. He had a collection of 196 paintings and a very large number of drawings. He was himself one of the best seventeenth century painters of sea-pieces, and also executed several excellent winter landscapes. Examples of his work are to be found in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Petrograd and Stockholm. 5 GS