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Description: | In the centre middle-distance, a port quarter view of a ship with flag at the main with her mizzen, fore topsail and mizzen topsail set. On her starboard beam, there is a ship with flag and pendant at the main still at anchor. On the left, a starboard quarter view of a ship with flag at the mizzen and pendant at the main (?graf?), possibly De Graef who was a rear-admiral in the ?Tijdverdrif? in 1665. On the right, there is a private ship at anchor. Many ships are shown in the distance, under way or at anchor.
This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder.
Box Title: Van de Velde 1665. Ingram nos 879-909.
caption: The Dutch fleet getting under way | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | drawings Dutch Fleet | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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