Small studies of boats pulling in different directions

The NMM’s collection of van de Velde drawings includes a number such as this, which were probably intended to instruct member of van de Velde’s studio in the years around 1700. In this drawing the four boats are divided by diagonal lines to indicate perspective. The drawing is unsigned.

Object Details

ID: PAF6668
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1700?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 82 x 201 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 552 mm