Skip to main content

Careened ship in Amsterdam harbour by sunset: PD.127-1963

An image of Drawing
View image details

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Drawing
An image of Drawing
Current Location: In storage

Titles

Careened ship in Amsterdam harbour by sunset

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Backhuysen, Ludolf

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Jacob de Vos (Lugt 1450); Sale 1883, lot 14; Von Beckerath; Berlin, Print Room (Lugt 1609) sold by the Berlin Museum (Lugt 2482); with Colnaghi's; bt. Ingram (Lugt 1405a), September 1936

Measurements and weight

Height: 154 mm
Width: 269 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Brown ink
Brown wash

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Meduim composed of brown wash

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen, brown ink, brown and grey wash, with a thin line of brown wash bordering it on all sides, on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: No. 602
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Inscription present: see Lugt.1612

  • Text: B / 2000-1902
  • Location: Below Berlin mark
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: K.d.Z.12366
  • Location: Below Berlin mark
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: W.v.d.Velde / Backeraels (?) Ns 746
  • Method of creation: Graphite

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.127-1963
Primary reference Number: 4228
Lugt: 1450
Lugt: 1609
Lugt: 2482
Lugt: 1405a

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 30 April 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Careened ship in Amsterdam harbour by sunset" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4228 Accessed: 2025-12-06 03:05:56

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4228 |title=Careened ship in Amsterdam harbour by sunset |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-06 03:05:56|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-4228

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp78/PD_127_1963_201701_kly25_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Careened ship in Amsterdam harbour by sunset"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Careened ship in Amsterdam harbour by sunset</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo