The dutch fleet at anchor
a distant view of a group of vessels with most viewed from the port-broadside with their fore and main yards a-cockbill. In the centre the admiral flies a flag at the main and a pendant at the mizzen, with a rear-admiral on his starboard bow and a vice-admiral astern, there is a boeier before the wind in starboard-bow view in the left foreground, with another craft in port-bow view and close-hauled on the starboard tack in the centre middle-distance. The two boeiers have been strengthened in pen, possibly by a later hand and robinson suggested the signature ‘w. V. V. J. ’ may not be authentic. The dutch fleet at anchor. Date: Unknown date1665. Dimensions: Secondary support: 200 mm x 337 mm; Primary support: 157 mm x 295 mm; Mount: 317 mm x 482 mm. Collection: Fine art.
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