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On the left of this compositional drawing is a Dutch transport vessel (a smalschip) close-hauled on the starboard tack, behind which is a larger ship at anchor. Pulling towards the smalschip, in the foreground, is a smaller rowing boat with several people on board. On the right of the page the artist has included a bow view of a larger ship with flag at the fore and pendant at the main. Other ships and smaller vessels populate the distance.
A collector?s stamp in the lower right corner indicates that this drawing once belonged to the influential artist-collector Prosper Henry Lankrink (1628-92).
Box Title: Van de Velde, Ingram No 8, 1095-1098, 1138, 1139, 1143-1145, 1155, 1156, 1158, 1162, 1163, 1165-1167, 1173, 1174.
caption: A smalschip close-hauled and a Dutch flagship under easy sail |