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Description: | One of a series of drawings made by Van de Velde the Elder when he was attached to the Dutch fleet following the action at Bergen on 2 August 1665, early in the second Anglo-Dutch War. This view of the Dutch fleet was probably drawn shortly before the related drawing PAI7682. Both show the fleet under the command of Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Tromp conducting a council of war on 5 August 1665. Shortly after, Tromp handed over command of the fleet to Michiel de Ruyter.
In the centre middle distance is a ship in stern view flying a flag and pendant at the main and firing a gun as a signal for a council of war: this is probably Tromp?s flagship ?Liefde?. On her port bow is the ?Groot Hollandia?, with a flag at the mizzen and a pendant at the main. Running across her bow is a ship with flag and pendant at the fore. In the foreground are two galjoots, and to the extreme right a despatch vessel in port quarter view.
Box Title: B2 Van de Velde, ca.1665-1673. 112-434.
caption: Tromp?s fleet: a council of war, 5 August 1665? | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | drawings Champernowne Dutch Fleet | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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