Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman - Ships on Calm Seas by a Headland - image-1

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Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman - Ships on Calm Seas by a Headland

Auction 1118 - overview Cologne
17.11.2018, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings / Sculpture
Estimate: 32.000 € - 36.000 €
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Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman

Ships on Calm Seas by a Headland

Oil on canvas (relined). 41.5 x 53.5 cm.
Signed to the flag: R. Zeeman.

Reinier Nooms was born in Amsterdam around the year 1623/24. He specilised in maritime painting. He was himself a sailor and signed many of his pieces, like the present work, with "Zeeman". Nooms collaborated with the publisher Cornelis Danckerts to ensure that his works were widely disseminated in the form of prints.

Provenance

The Buchenau Collection, Niendorf. - Kunsthandlung Douwes, Amsterdam 1925. - The Müllenmeister Collection, Solingen. - German art ownership. - Netherlandish art ownership.

Literature

Klaus J. Müllenmeister: Meer und Land im Licht des 17. Jahrhunderts. vol. 1, Bremen 1981, p. 10, illus.

Exhibitions

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1939. - Deutsches Klingenmuseum, Solingen, 1965. no. 33, illus.