A shore scene with a village in the distance

In the left foreground, five figures walking up the shore to the right; a weyschuit and another vessel hauled well up the shore near an embankment. Several vessels are lying beyond a pier in the centre middle-distance. A ship and other vessels lying becalmed out in the stream on the left. A village in the right distance.

This is pencil and wash drawing by the Elder with the initials ‘WVV’ in brown ink.

Object Details

ID: PAF6740
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Date made: 1643?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 103 x 207 mm; Mount: 402 mm x 555 mm
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