Study of the stern of a Dutch bezan yacht

A free drawing showing the stern and the port side of a Dutch bezan yacht from the waist aft. On the tafferel is a lion rampant guardant with one paw resting on a shield bearing crossed anchors. There are two shields on either side. On the back is a sketch of the tafferel, a rudder-head in detail and the stern from withinboard (van binne).

This is an unsigned pencil drawing by the Younger. According to Robinson it is a note of decoration in rapid pencil, which is less surely handled than the Younger’s later work. It has been approximately dated by the subject.

Object Details

ID: PAF6536
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: Primary support: 352 mm x 268 mm; Mount: 558 mm x 407 mm