TWEE FURIEUSE ZEE-SLAGEN, NL-HlmNHA 53009051, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1673

Two furious sea battles the two naval battles off the coast of zeeland on the plain of schoonevelt on june 7 and june 14, 1673. Large representation of the battles between the fleet of the republic under de ruyter and the combined anglo-french fleet under prince rupert and count jean d'estrées. At the top medallions with portraits of willem iii, michiel de ruyter and cornelis tromp. In addition, small scenes with the journey to chatham in 1667 and the battle of solebay in 1672. With allegorical figures of the combative seafaring and of hercules. With the print a text sheet with the title and a description of the events and legends 1-26, 1-9 and a-c in 4 columns in dutch. Date: 1673.