. English: A Dutch ship and a wijdschip becalmed in a Dutch harbour On the left, a port quarter view of a ship at anchor with her sails loosed. There are two vessels alongside to starboard. To the right, a starboard broadside view of a wijdschip becalmed. There is a river bank in the foreground with posts marked by a stick and two weyschuits at the water’s edge. A tower and village can be seen in the distance. Inscribed on the back (cut) ‘…was de kappiteijn maer nu /…(?een) andere groot schip daerop macken’ (? Was the ‘Kapitein’ but now made into another large ship). Possibly referring to the
. English: A Dutch ship and a wijdschip becalmed in a Dutch harbour On the left, a port quarter view of a ship at anchor with her sails loosed. There are two vessels alongside to starboard. To the right, a starboard broadside view of a wijdschip becalmed. There is a river bank in the foreground with posts marked by a stick and two weyschuits at the water’s edge. A tower and village can be seen in the distance. Inscribed on the back (cut) ‘…was de kappiteijn maer nu /…(?een) andere groot schip daerop macken’ (? Was the ‘Kapitein’ but now made into another large ship). Possibly referring to the 80-gun ship ‘Kapitein Generaal’ built in 1683, which was also known as the ‘Admiraal Generaal’. This is an unsigned pencil and wash rawing by the Younger. A Dutch ship and a wijdschip becalmed in a Dutch harbour . circa 1686. Willem Van de Velde, the Younger 97 A Dutch ship and a wijdschip becalmed in a Dutch harbour RMG PW6979
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