Portrait of the ‘Ridderschap’ viewed from off the starboard quarter, with the ship mounting on the broadside twelve guns each on the gun deck and upper deck, three on the forecastle, five on the quarterdeck and two on the poop. On the tafferel are the arms of Holland (lion rampant, dexter) on a crowned shield, surrounded by the arms – or rather shields, the detail being omitted – of the other six United Provinces. The same arms of Holland also appear above and below, and the date ‘ANNO 1666’ above the main central arms.

The foremast and bowsprit only are faintly indicated, the execution of the fore part is somewhat out of perspective. It may possibly be based on an offset from an original by the Elder. The drawing is inscribed in the upper right in pencil, ‘de ridderschap’, copied again in brown ink ‘d ridderschap’; it is also signed in brown ink ‘W.V.VJ’.