Portrait of a Dutch frigate

A portrait of a Dutch frigate viewed from the starboard bow. It shows the taffrail decorated with tritons riding on dolphins supporting a coat-of-arms. It has been rapidly and accurately drawn over a very faint offset, probably, according to Robinson, from a drawing by Van de Velde the Elder, though the drawing of the stern has been extended beyond the offset by about a centimetre.

Object Details

ID: PAI7578
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Date made: 1665?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 360 x 784 mm; Mount: 948 mm x 543 mm