Portrait of a Dutch two-decker, starboard quarter view in a breeze. Hove-to with her fore course and topsail aback; her main topsail and topgallantsail, mizzen and mizzen topsail are filled. A flag is at the mizzen.

On the tafferel there is a shield bearing a tree, supported by lions. On the rail above are dolphins supporting an arms.

This is possibly a ship called ‘Oranje’ or ‘Oranjeboom’. There were several large Indiaman called ‘Oranje’; one was in 1652 admiral of the east India fleet, but is said to have been wrecked in 1652. In May 1653, there was a large Indiaman called the ‘Oranje’ of Zeeland; this was perhaps the ship burnt at the battle of Lowestoft in 1665.

It is offset from a drawing which might be by the Elder, with the masts and sails added in a bold thick pencil by the Younger. This is something which the Elder did also, but the hand of the Younger is seen in the vigorous drawings of the sails caught by the wind. The corrections to the bowsprit in pen and brown ink are typical of the Younger’s way of working.