Portrait of the 'Ster'

A port-quarter view portrait of the ‘Ster’, 30 guns, built 1644, burnt in action 1677. On the tafferel is a large six-pointed star between two small ports. On the rail above are the arms of Amsterdam supported by two lions. Two shields are on the counter, on the port side are crossed anchors and on the starboard side is a lion rampant, for the Admiralty of Amsterdam. In the Boysmans Museum, Rotterdam, there is another offset from the same original (218-1300).

Offset, rubbed on the back, from an accurate and detailed original. Possibly the work of the Younger. Approximately dated by the watermark.

Object Details

ID: PAH1785
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Vessels: Ster 1644 [Dutch navy]
Date made: 1666?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Mount: 321 mm x 455 mm