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Description: | In the foreground, a boat is picking up men from the shore near a low embankment. In the centre middle-distance, a port bow view of a flagship under sail, having a flag at the main and a pendant at the fore. Across the background, a number of ships at anchor and small crafts sailing round them.
This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder. It is inscribed on the back in a late hand ?W Van der Velde 1677?.
Box Title: Van de Velde 1658-1664. Ingram nos 833-876.
caption: The Dutch fleet near the shore | 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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