Rijksmuseum

De zeeslag tegen de Spanjaarden bij Duinkerken

Date

1659

Medium

canvas, ink

Institution

Rijksmuseum

In 1639 Maerten Harpertsz Tromp prevented the Spanish fleet from leaving the harbour at Dunkirk with a blockade of twelve ships. Van de Velde has depicted most of the Dutch vessels with their prows pointing towards the enemy armada. With a remarkable eye for detail, he rendered in pen the ships’ counters or transoms – the stern carvings from which the individual vessels can be identified.

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