Portrait of the Dutch Indiaman 'Zon'

Portrait of the Dutch Indiaman ‘Zon’, viewed from the port quarter. On the taffrel is a sun shining above clouds on a landscape below. Arms with dolphins on either side are on the rail above.

This is an offset rubbed on the back, probably from a drawing by the Elder. It is worked up with pencil that is thicker than usual for the Younger, but with some of the decoration very neatly drawn in the manner of other drawings of this period by the Younger.

In the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, there is an offset starboard quarter view from this drawing with quarter-galleries added.

Object Details

ID: PAG6202
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Vessels: Zon [Dutch]
Date made: 1665?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 300 x 400 mm; Mount: 479 mm x 627 mm