Portrait of a Dutch flute

Depiction of a Dutch flute, viewed from the starboard beam. Nothing is shown forward of the waist. There is a full-length figure on the tafferel and the arms of Amsterdam are depicted on the rail above.

It is part of an offset, rubbed on the back, from a rather crude original. A pencil correction has been made to the waterline and stern. The drawing has been approximately dated by its watermark.

Object Details

ID: PAH3834
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Date made: 1659?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Mount: 322 mm x 354 mm