Study of a barge

A barge viewed from abaft the starboard beam. She is fitted with a canopy aft. There is one figure amidships and the curtains of the canopy are drawn back to show several others.

This is a pencil and wash drawing by the Younger with the false signature ‘W.V.V.J’. It has been approximately dated by the watermark.

Object Details

ID: PAF6581
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1673?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Secondary support: 159 mm x 286 mm; Primary support: 159 mm x 286 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 553 mm