A royal yacht before the wind

The drawings is very rapidly and broadly drawn in graphite. The signature in the lower left corner is false, 'WVVJ.', and the drawing may have been worked on by another hand which may throw doubt on it. As the yacht is ketch-rigged, the drawing is later than 1675.

Object Details

ID: PAF7034
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1700?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 294 x 205 mm; Image: 187 x 140 mm; Mount: 558 mm x 406 mm