De Ruyter's arrival in the Wester Ems, 27 July/6 Aug 1665

In the right middle-distance, the ‘Speigel’, viewed from abaft the starboard beam, lying at anchor head to wind; flag and pendant at the main and pendant at the fore; firing a salute. In the left foreground, a starboard quarter view of a States yacht (tgroot & cleijn Jacht) and crossing her bows another States yacht before the wind. A bezan yacht is in the right foreground.

This is a pencil and wash drawing by the Elder, with a false signature in brown ink ‘WVV.’

Object Details

ID: PAF6773
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 1665
People: Dutch Fleet
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 210 x 328 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 553 mm