The Dutch fleet becalmed with a snow in the foreground and a galliot on the left
1665
297 x 497 mm Pencil and grey wash on paper
Inscribed and dated upper right: donderdack den 4 Junÿ 1665 ****us 4 uren
Sale Bonhams, London, 17 December 2020
Provenance
Mrs Whyte, 18 Bedford Gardens, London, before February 1969
collection of Dr. R. Conrad, UK, by whom bequeathed to the present owner
sale Bonhams, London, 17 December 2020, nr. 38
Other works by Willem van de Velde the Elder
The Dutch Fleet with the Drie Helden Davids
The Naval Squadron of Witte de With, near the Port of Den Helder, July-August 1653