Jacob Bellevois (1620/21 - 1676), Three Ships Caught In A Violent Storm

Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois
Dutch painter
Rotterdam 1620/21-1676 Rotterdam
Three ships caught in a violent storm off a rocky coast
Oil on panel: 72.7 x 107.3 cm
Unsigned
Frame: 94.9 x 128.9 cm

Provenance :
- collection of the Dutch banker Dr. C.J.K. van Aalst (1886 – 1939), Hoevelaken. Van Aelst was the former director of the Netherlands Trading Company, now the ABN AMRO Concern.
- April 1st 1960 our painting was sold at Christie’s London during the sale of “Highly Important Netherlandish Pictures from the Collection Formed by the Late Dr. C.J.K. van Aalst”, lot 34 (still bearing a fake monogram of Bonaventura Peeters and fake date 1647)

Exhibited : Centraal Museum in Utrecht from 1933 until 1960 as Bonaventura Peeters (label on the backside of the panel)

This is one of the quintessential storms at sea by Jacob Bellevois.   Bellevois was a master at representing the essence of such a dramatic event during a tempest at sea. Our Rotterdam master probably studied painting under Julius Porcellis. His stormy seas are strongly influenced by Simon de Vliegher.

.All my paintings stand fully documented on my website:
https://www.jeanmoust.com/categories/maritime-subjects/bellevois-jacob-05-25-usa/ships-in-a-heavy-storm-5883688