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Description: | A portrait of a Dutch frigate viewed from before the starboard beam. Masts and sails are roughly sketched in; the fore course is shown clewed up and loosed, and the main topsail is lowered on the cap and set.
The masts and sails have been drawn in over a faint offset and part of the stern decoration has been strengthened with pencil. The main and mizzen masts, engine staff and position of the shrouds have been ruled in, a most unusual practice for either van de Velde and possibly by a later hand.
The drawing is approximately dated by the subject and style. Another drawing on the same paper (PAH3900) must be circa 1673.
Box Title: D24 M270-M285.
caption: 1736, Portrait of a Dutch frigate | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | drawings Willem van de Velde | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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