A galjoot and other vessels under easy sail

On the left, viewed from abaft the starboard beam, a galjoot before the wind with her mainsail hauled up and her foresail set. On her port bow a hoeker; and in the right background, three other vessels with their mainsails hauled up. There is a ship at anchor in the left background.

This drawing by the younger is signed in brown ink ‘W.V.VJ.’ It is in pen and grey ink but with the ship drawn in brown ink.

Object Details

ID: PAF6973
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: 189 x 294 mm; Mount: 403 mm x 557 mm