. English: An Indiaman engaged by three Spanish privateers In the centre of this crowded, if lightly drawn scene is a starboard bow view of a ship, presumably an Indiaman, surrounded and engaged by three small Spanish privateers, each flying the Burgundian flag. The overlaying of sails and masts conveys effectively the slow-paced violence of such encounters, an aspect of life at sea that the artist explored at length in his full-scale oil paintings. An Indiaman engaged by three Spanish privateers . circa 1677. Willem Van de Velde, the Younger 345 An Indiaman engaged by three Spanish privatee
. English: An Indiaman engaged by three Spanish privateers In the centre of this crowded, if lightly drawn scene is a starboard bow view of a ship, presumably an Indiaman, surrounded and engaged by three small Spanish privateers, each flying the Burgundian flag. The overlaying of sails and masts conveys effectively the slow-paced violence of such encounters, an aspect of life at sea that the artist explored at length in his full-scale oil paintings. An Indiaman engaged by three Spanish privateers . circa 1677. Willem Van de Velde, the Younger 345 An Indiaman engaged by three Spanish privateers RMG PV5277
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