A widjdschip with the wind free

A small study of a lee quarter view of a wijdschip under mainsail, topsail and staysail, with a point free on the port tack.

This is a pencil and wash drawing, by the Younger, with pen and grey ink, signed ‘W.W.VJ’. It is, according to Robinson, compositional in character and of very doubtful date, but is judged by the subject and signature to belong to this period.

The margins have been lined with light brown ink.

Object Details

ID: PAF6532
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1672?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Secondary support: 115 mm x 170 mm; Primary support: 115 mm x 170 mm; Mount: 555 mm x 402 mm