A Dutch flagship before the wind

A port broadside view of a ship with a flag at the mizzen before a light breeze with only her mizzen topsail, spritsail and fore and main topmast staysails set. Several boats and small vessels are alongside. In the background a ship is saluting.

It is inscribed on the back in a late hand ‘W Van der Velde 1677.’

This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Younger. It is possibly a faint drawing by the Elder with wash added by a later hand.

Object Details

ID: PAF6825
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1665?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 175 x 246 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 558 mm