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The Dutch fleet in light airs, August 1665? (or De Ruyter. Fleet becalmed)
This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder of the fleet in very light airs. In the centre is a stern view of a ship (numbered 35) with a flag at the main and a lion on the tafferal. To the left is another ship, and on the extreme left is a ship (numbered 36) with a flag at the fore and a lion on the tafferel. In the right background is a ship (numbered 38), with another in the centre distance (numbered 37).
Robinson has determined that from this work’s subject and watermark it probably belongs to the Bergen series.
Robinson has determined that from this work’s subject and watermark it probably belongs to the Bergen series.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF6468 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Elder |
| Date made: | Aug 1665? |
| People: | Dutch Fleet; Velde, Willem van de, the Elder |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Secondary support: 513 mm x 316 mm; Primary support: 137 mm x 377 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 558 mm |