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The head of a Dutch yacht
The head and starboard side, of a yacht; the figurehead is a merlion holding a sword in the right paw and supporting a small shield with the left. Close abaft the lion a cherub riding on a dolphin; and abaft that, a hawsehole decorated with a dolphin and figure.
This is a pencil and brown ink drawing by the Younger, signed in brown ink ‘W.V.VJ.’ It is inscribed ‘17 w 9.’
This is a pencil and brown ink drawing by the Younger, signed in brown ink ‘W.V.VJ.’ It is inscribed ‘17 w 9.’
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF6982 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Younger |
| Date made: | 1686? |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 198 x 309 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 553 mm |