Studies of the lead of the main sheet of a small vessel RMG PW7029, circa 1700

Studies of the lead of the main sheet of a small vessel the drawing is inscribed ‘dit soo een / gijk set / stiffe / aen besaen’ (showing how a boom on a mizzen is sheeted home) and below ‘en sprack losse gieft biet haer bleeke moet / andis die met lust den wegh hier socht te banne / d wegh daer t’minne wight / sijn eerste autaer vont hij sont hij streelt hij vleijt met halsemire lomcken s. / wat dar daer mer is geschiet / denok ick wel maer segh het niet s. Snuijve en roncke’ (? a speechles gift, he profers her a faint heart; andrew who tries to find the way here through lust, the way the lover found the first altar. He kisses, he caresses, he flatters with amorous looks and hugs with sniffing and snorting. What happens more, i know, but tell it not. ) the drawing is unsigned. Studies of the lead of the main sheet of a small vessel. Date: circa 1700. Dimensions: Mount: 483 x 318 mm;Primary support: 297 x 207 mm. Collection: Fine art.