Willem van de Velde the Younger
Ships in the Roads
165877.5 x 66.2 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed right on the barrel: w / v. v.
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Provenance
Pieter Leendert de Neufville, Amsterdam, 1765
Prince William V, The Hague, 1765-1795
confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815
Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816
transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822
Other works by Willem van de Velde the Younger
The Cannon Shot
c. 1680
c. 1680
Captured English Ships after the Four Days’ Battle
c. 1666
c. 1666
Ships at Anchor
c. 1650 - c. 1707
c. 1650 - c. 1707
The Surrender of the Royal Prince
c. 1670
c. 1670
Encounter during the Battle of Kijkduin
c. 1675
c. 1675