A Dutch frigate before a light breeze

A port quarter view of a frigate before the wind under topsails. A boat can be seen positioned alongside with two others astern. In the background there is a ship close-hauled on the port tack and another before the wind under easy sail.

This is an unsigned drawing by the Younger in soft rapid pencil. It has been very approximately dated by the style and watermark.

Object Details

ID: PAF6580
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1675?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Secondary support: 293 mm x 371 mm; Primary support: 181 mm x 262 mm; Mount: 407 mm x 557 mm