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Description: | This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder of the fleet in very light airs. In the centre is a stern view of a ship (numbered 35) with a flag at the main and a lion on the tafferal. To the left is another ship, and on the extreme left is a ship (numbered 36) with a flag at the fore and a lion on the tafferel. In the right background is a ship (numbered 38), with another in the centre distance (numbered 37).
Robinson has determined that from this work?s subject and watermark it probably belongs to the Bergen series.
Box Title: D39. M485-M503.
caption: The Dutch fleet in light airs, August 1665? (or De Ruyter. Fleet becalmed) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | drawings Willem van de Velde Dutch Fleet | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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