Portrait of a Dutch frigate
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Portrait of a Dutch frigate
A portrait of a Dutch frigate viewed from before the starboard beam. Masts and sails are roughly sketched in; the fore course is shown clewed up and loosed, and the main topsail is lowered on the cap and set.
The masts and sails have been drawn in over a faint offset and part of the stern decoration has been strengthened with pencil. The main and mizzen masts, engine staff and position of the shrouds have been ruled in, a most unusual practice for either van de Velde and possibly by a later hand.
The drawing is approximately dated by the subject and style. Another drawing on the same paper (PAH3900) must be circa 1673.
Willem van de Velde the Elder
Original size: 493 mm x 408 mm
- Image reference: PY1736
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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