(Antwerp 1614–1652 Hoboken)
An English frigate off a fortified seaport, possibly Tangier
monogrammed and dated at lower centre: BP 1645,
oil on panel, 37.6 x 70.2 cm, framed

Provenance:
Paul Delaroff Collection, St. Petersburg;
sale, Delaroff, Paris, 2nd May 1914;
with Galerie de Jonckheere, Paris;
sale, Christie’s, London, December 8th 2006, lot 187;
with Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam

Views of mediterranean seaports such as the present painting are rare in the oeuvre of the Flemish painter Bonaventura Peeters. He mostly depicted ships on the Scheldt or the North Sea. The seaport shown here can most likely be identified as Tangier, which now belongs to Morocco and was under Portuguese control at the time . In the background, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Spanish coastline are discernible.

Provenance:
Paul Delaroff Collection, St. Petersburg;
sale, Delaroff, Paris, 2 May 1914;
with Galerie de Jonckheere, Paris;
sale, Christie’s, London, December 8 2006, lot 187;
with Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam

Views of mediterranean seaports such as the present painting are rare in the oeuvre of the Flemish painter Bonaventura Peeters. He mostly depicted ships on the Scheldt or the North Sea. The seaport shown here can most likely be identified as Tangier, which now belongs to Morocco and was under Portuguese control at the time . In the background, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Spanish coastline are discernible.