Portrait of a Dutch yacht

A States yacht viewed from the port starboard. Only the foot of the mast is shown. On the tafferel is a lion rampant on a shield surrounded by arms and trophies. A round gunport is on the quarter. A small light is on either side of the rudder below the lowest wale.

Possibly based on an offset, but not in reverse. In pencil and grey wash and a light brown wash over the whole drawing except the parts in sunlight. A correction to the ensign staff is in pen and brown ink. Approximately dated by the watermark, but other drawings on the same paper may be as late as 1700.

Object Details

ID: PAH1807
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1672?
People: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 11 7/16 in x 13 1/2 in