A group of seven people fishing with children

Three women are seated on baskets; two other women are standing, one on the left with a basket over the back of her head. They are accompanied by two men and several children, including a baby. The unsigned drawing’s stylistic resemblance to drawings of similar subjects from the Milford Collection, now at the NMM, suggest a tentative attribution to Willem van de Velde, the Elder, and a date of about 1655.

Object Details

ID: PAE5182
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Date made: 1655?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Secondary support: 189 mm x 253 mm; Primary support: 134 mm x 200 mm; Mount: 316 mm x 478 mm