Two boeiers under way

In the right foreground, a starboard quarter view of a boeier yacht with a smalschip lying alongside to port. On the left, several kaags, smalschips, and other vessels, are seen starboard broadside at anchor. A church and village in the right distance.

Inscribed on the back with a cut inscription ‘int… / op sondach den 30 meij’ (The 20/30 May 1666 was a Sunday).

This is an unsigned pencil drawing by the Younger.

Object Details

ID: PAF6771
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1664?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 176 x 210 mm; Mount: 555 mm x 406 mm