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Description: | Around 1700 van de Velde the Younger made a large number of rapid drawings such as this, possibly in preparation for paintings of shipwrecks, a subject which had been painted by Dutch and Flemish artists since the early part of the 17th century but which also became popular in England. On the left a port-bow view of a ship driving broadside on to some rocks in the right foreground. Astern of her another ship is in a similar state and there is a third in the right distance. Despite the drawings small size van de Velde has used a variety of media to achieve a particularly dramatic effect. The pen and ink work is particularly freely handled and has a calligraphic quality. The drawing is unsigned.
Box Title: Van de Velde 1700. Ingram nos 1352-1399.
caption: Ships driving ashore on the rocks | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | drawings | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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