Portrait of a Dutch two-decker

Viewed from the port bow with the foot of the fore course and of the mizzen indicated. There is a boat astern. On the beakhead bulkhead, there is an elaborate arems between two doorways. The vessel is not the ‘Brederode’ (1646), ‘Eendracht’ (1653), ‘Hollandia’ (1654), or ‘Gelderland’ (1654).

This is an unsigned pencil drawing by the Younger. It is a faint offset showing a ship drawn in isometric perspective, carefully worked up with pencil in the manner of his early work.

It is inscribed with the date ‘1656’ in thick pencil.

Object Details

ID: PAF6752
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1656
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Secondary support: 265 mm x 395 mm; Primary support: 206 mm x 359 mm; Mount: 403 mm x 557 mm