A smalschip close-hauled in a breeze

On the left is a port-quarter view of a smalschip close-hauled on the port tack under shortened sail, with a weyschuit or similar boat on the right under oars. A ship with a flag at the fore is in the right background.

Object Details

ID: PAD0718
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1665?
People: Lankrink, P H; Lawson, G. Kerr
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Primary support: 102 mm x 114 mm; Mount: 317 mm x 480 mm