Portrait of a Dutch two-decker Indiaman?

Viewed from the starboard quarter. On the tafferel, a crowned shield bearing the monogram ‘DVA’, with seven small shields suspended above. On the rail above are the arms of Amsterdam (three saltires on a pale) between dolphins. Two shields on the counter, port side the arms of Amsterdam, starboard side an unidentified arms. It is inscribed ‘K’ )turn over); and on the back ‘…dere seijt g…’

This is a pencil and wash drawing by the Younger, signed and dated in brown ink ‘W.V.VJ 1657.’ It is an offset carefully worked up with pencil and wash. The side of the ship has been drawn in isometric perspective and elongated to show the forward ports.

Object Details

ID: PAF6753
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1657
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 234 x 366 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 556 mm