Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest artwork • painting • previously for sale Sailing Vessels in a Calm, Batavia
Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest
Kampen 1828-1894 Den Haag
1828-1894
Sailing Vessels in a Calm, Batavia
oil on canvas 56.3 x 107.8 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: part. bezit Duitsland.
Literature: Nelly de Zwaan, 'Nederland uit de kunst: 365 dagen kijken en lezen', Warnsveld 2005, 20 dec. (met afb. in kleur).
The lieutenant commander Jacob van Heemskerck van Beest chose the painting profession at the age of 25. He painted what was most dear to his heart: seascapes with ships and wrecks. He taught, among others, G.W. Dijsselhof and to his daughter, Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest.
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