Maritime: 'Dutch Fleet of the West India Company'. Oil on canvas painting by Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630-1708), 1677. Ludolf Bakhuizen (or Backhuysen) (December 28, 1630 – November 17, 1708) was a German-born Dutch Golden Age painter who was the leading Dutch painter of maritime subjects after the two Willem van de Veldes (father and son) left for England in 1672.

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