File:Portrait of a Dutch two-decker Indiaman? RMG PW6753.jpg

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Willem Van de Velde, the Younger
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English: Portrait of a Dutch two-decker Indiaman?

Viewed from the starboard quarter. On the tafferel, a crowned shield bearing the monogram ‘DVA’, with seven small shields suspended above. On the rail above are the arms of Amsterdam (three saltires on a pale) between dolphins. Two shields on the counter, port side the arms of Amsterdam, starboard side an unidentified arms. It is inscribed ‘K’ )turn over); and on the back ‘…dere seijt g…’

This is a pencil and wash drawing by the Younger, signed and dated in brown ink ‘W.V.VJ 1657.’ It is an offset carefully worked up with pencil and wash. The side of the ship has been drawn in isometric perspective and elongated to show the forward ports.

Portrait of a Dutch two-decker Indiaman?
Date 1657
date QS:P571,+1657-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Sheet: 234 x 366 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 556 mm
Notes Box Title: Van de Velde. Ingram nos 748-827.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/101580
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Bruce Ingram Catalogue Number: B.S.I.103
Les Marques de collections de dessins et d'estampes, 1921-56: Lugt 419
Van de Velde Catalogue Number: 827
id number: PAF6753
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Fine art

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