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"Council of War aboard 'The Seven Provinces' the Flagship of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, 10 June 1666, preceding the Four Days' Battle
A Calm at Sea
A Dutch Bezan Yacht and many other Vessels in a Crowded Harbour beside a Tavern
A Dutch flagship, thought to be the Eendracht at anchor close in
A Dutch two-decker and a galjoot lying-by with the fleet at sea, ca.1672
A Kaag and a Galjoot Close to the Shore with Witte de With in the 'Brederode' Leaving the Vlie, 9 June 1645
A kaag and other vessels off a pier
A Sea-piece with a Dutch Merchant Ship and a Swedish Flute
A wijdschip and other vessels off a harbour
A wijdschip close-hauled in a moderate breeze
An English three-decker with the fleet in light airs
Calm: a kaag sailing out from the end of a pier
Calm: an English two-decker with sails loosed firing a salute
Calm: HMS Royal James, a royal yacht and other shipping
Dutch Attack on Harwich, July 1667
Dutch Battleships
Dutch flagship near the shore with a Swedish ship in the background
Dutch ships coming to anchor near the shore
Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
Episode from the Battle of the Sound between the Dutch and the Swedish fleets, 8 November 1658
Episode from the Four Day Battle at Sea, 11-14 June 1666, in the second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
Episode from the Four Days Battle at Sea, 11-14 June 1666, in the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)
HMS Woolwich before a light breeze
Hollandse oorlogsschepen
Willem van de Velde the Elder (1610/11 – 13 December 1693) was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter, who produced many precise drawings of ships and ink paintings of fleets, but later learned to use oil paints like his son.