Council of War on Board of the “De Zeven Provinciën”, the Flagship of Admiral Michiel Adriaanzoon de Ruyter, June 10th 1666, before the Four Days Battle: an Episode from the Second Anglo-Dutch War

Published in January 28th, 2009

Posted by admin in 17th Century, Drawings, Dutch Navy, Second Anglo-Dutch War (1664–67), Willem van de Velde the Elder

By Willem van de Velde, the Elder, 1666-1693 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Willem van de Velde the Elder had accompanied the Dutch Fleet in a galliot to witness the events of the Four Days Battle that took place on June 11-14 1666 off the Flemish and English coasts. He sketched every phase and every detail of the [...]