BROOKING, Charles
(b. ca. 1723, London, d. 1759, London)

Dutch Fishing Kaags by a Shore

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Oil on canvas, 25 x 35 cm
Private collection

This picture, depicting Dutch fishing kaags by a shore, with a man of war saluting, is derived from a composition by Willem van de Velde the Younger of circa 1672. Brooking has updated the hull of the man-of-war in the distance to be consistent with eighteenth century models.