BHC0903

A states yacht in a fresh breeze running towards a group of Dutch ships Long Caption: A large group of Dutch ships are shown gathered under a stormy sky. This may record the assembling of some of the Dutch fleet off the Texel in 1672, the year that the artist and his father came to England to work. Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter put to sea in late April or early May and Cornelis de Witt, the Ruwaard of Putten, joined de Ruyter's ship as the States-General's representative of the with the fleet. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: BHC0903 Artist: Willem van de Velde, the Younger Date: 1673 Medium: oil on canvas Size: 800 mm x 1115 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.