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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The Dutch painter Hendrik van Minderhout (1632-1696) has depicted the capture of the British ship the Royal Prince by the Dutch fleet on 3 June 1666, the third day of the so-called Four Days Battle, part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667). The busy composition shows the moment when the British ship, grounded on sandbanks at the mouth of the Thames, was taken by the Dutch, who later burned the vessel. The portrayal of the cannon smoke and the small scene of people in boats in the bottom left of the canvas, fighting with pikes, are both typical of the artist. | Subjects: | figure; marine; history; military and war | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Minderhout, Hendrik van (Dutch painter, 1632-1696) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8574... | Go to resource |
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