Portrait of the 'Groote Herder' Indiaman?

The ‘Groote Herder’ viewed from before the starboard beam.

Inscribed on the back ‘d groete harder’.

This is a drawing by the Younger, signed in brown ink ‘W V V J’. It has been rapidly but accurately drawn in pencil without any signs of it being based on an offset. It has been approximately dated by the watermark and signature.

Object Details

ID: PAF6495
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Vessels: Groote Herder [Dutch]
Date made: 1665?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Primary support: 211 mm x 328 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 559 mm