Decoration round the light of a states yacht

A single rectangular light on the port side, probably of a States yacht. On either side is a boy, each supporting a shield, leaning with the other arm over the window.

Below is a similar light showing dolphin decoration above it. Close above the light is a scupper, noted ‘overlop’, and to the right is a door (duer).

This is a pencil drawing by the Younger, signed in brown ink, ‘W.V.VJ’. 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: PAF6537
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1672?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Primary support: 200 mm x 153 mm; Mount: 555 mm x 402 mm