A weyschuit pushing off from the shore

A slight drawing showing to the left a port broadside view of a weyschuit being pushed off from the shore. In the left foreground there is a figure walking up the beach carrying something on his back. To the right, several figures on the shore and two weyschuits lying by a pier.

This is a pencil drawing by the Younger, signed on the back ‘W.V.VJ.’ It is inscribed with an ‘L’ (light) in the sky.

Object Details

ID: PAF6962
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1685?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 196 x 298 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 556 mm
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