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The Dutch rear squadron in a quartering breeze, May 1672
The Dutch rear squadron in a quartering breeze, May 1672. The Dutch ships are viewed from the lee quarter with the wind broad on the port quarter. On the left is the ‘Amsterdam’ with a hooker or galjoot with a square-sail on her lee bow. In the centre middle-distance is Vice-Admiral Isaac Sweer of the ‘Olifant’. In the right distance is a rear-admiral, possibly De Haen, Vice-Admiral Schram in the ‘Pacificatie’, and Lieutenant-Admiral Van Ghent in the ‘Dolfijn’.
It appears to have been drawn when Van de Velde was with the Dutch fleet before the battle of Solebay, May 1672.
It appears to have been drawn when Van de Velde was with the Dutch fleet before the battle of Solebay, May 1672.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAG6215 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Elder |
| Date made: | 1672 |
| People: | Velde, Willem van de, the Elder |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 270 x 440 mm; Mount: 481 mm x 630 mm |