Portrait of 'Prins te Paard'

A port-quarter view portrait of the ‘Prins te Paard’, East Indiaman at Bergen 1665, usually called ‘Jonge Prins’. On the tafferel, between two round ports, are a prancing horse regardant with the rider sounding a horn. The rest of the tafferel is bare. On the rail above are the arms of Amsterdam supported by two large lions. The decoration on the counter is indistinct. In the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, there is a drawing in starboard-quarter view probably offset from the same original (298-1231).

This drawing was probably used in connection with a grisaille or with a painting of the action at Bergen, 2 [OS]/ 12 August 1665.

A faint offset, not rubbed on the back and not in reverse. It is approximately dated by the subject.

Object Details

ID: PAH1784
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Vessels: Jonge Prins fl.1665 [Dutch]; Prins te Paard fl.1665 [Dutch]
Date made: 1666?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Mount: 336 mm x 505 mm