The Battle of Scheveningen (Battle of Ter Heide) was painted by Jan Abrahamsz between 1653 and 1666. The flagship of Admiral Tromp, the Brederode and the Resolution under the flag of Monck can be seen in the middle of this painting. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam By the middle of the 17th Century the tensions rose between the […]
Battle of Scheveningen (Ter Heide) 31 July (10 August) 1653
Battle of Sinop (The Day), 18 November 1853
By Ivan Aivazovsky The last major naval engagement of the age of sail (Battle of Sinop) can be seen on this painting by Ivan Aivazovsky. In November 1853 a Russian squadron commanded by Vice-Admiral Pavel Nakhimov (3 84-gun ships) was on patrol off the northern coast of Anatolia. Russian ships approached the Bay of Sinop […]
Dutch Ships Running down Spanish Galleys off the Flemish Coast, 3 October 1602
By Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, 1617 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam One of the numerous naval encounters of the Eighty Years War can be seen on this picture. In 1602 the Spanish tried to reinforce their fleet in Flanders with eight galleys commanded by Ambrogio di Filippo Spinola, marquis de los Balbases. The Dutch Vice-Admiral Jacob van Duinenvoorde, Lord […]
The Warship ‘Brielle’ on the Maas before Rotterdam
By Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1689 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam In the center of this painting is the Brielle, a 50-gun warship sailing by the Admiralty Buildings in Rotterdam. Her stern is decorated with a shield bearing the portrait of William III, Prince of Orange, with arms of England and Scotland on either side. The main mast is flying […]
Ships on the Roadstead, 1658
By Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1658 This work by Willem van de Velde displays a calm scene of Dutch merchant and fishing vessels on a roadstead in a still weather. In the middle of the painting a yacht with a richly decorated stern dominates the scene while small boats shuffle goods and passengers […]
A Smalschip with Two Dutch East Indiamen Coming to Anchor
By Hendrik-Jacobsz Dubbels A dramatic portrayal of two Dutch East Indiamen who may have returned from a journey overseas. The ship on the left, in distant port-quarter view, has a scene painted on her stern depicting a pavilion with trees, possibly palm trees and thus a reference to her exotic trade associations. Men are portrayed […]
The Frigate “De Ploeg” on the Ij in Amsterdam
By Ludolf Bakhuizen (ca. 1685-1695) Rijksmuseum Amsterdam The Ij is a river, formerly a bay, that is known for being Amsterdam’s waterfront. On this painting Amsterdam is seen in the background behind merchant vessels and men of war including the frigate De Ploeg in the front.
The Merchant Shipping Anchorage in the Texel with Texel Island and Oude Schild to the North West
By Ludolf Bakhuizen National Maritime Museum Greenwich The setting for the picture is the merchant shipping roadstead off the eastern coast of Texel, one of a group of northern islands guarding the entrance to the Zuider Zee. Texel Island can be seen ahead with the village of Oude Schild to the far right. The channel […]
A Ship in High Seas Caught by a Squall, known as ‘The Gust’ (De Windstoot)
By Willem van de Velde the Younger (ca. 1650-1707) Rijksmuseum Amsterdam The painting depicts a three masted ship and a small boat caught by a raging storm.
Battle of the Chios Straits (Prelude to the Battle of Chesma) July 5th (June 24th) 1770
By Ivan Aivazovsky. 1848 This painting depicts the duel between the turkish flagship Real Mustafa (84 guns) and russian admiral Spiridov’s ship Svyatoy Evstafiy (68). During the boarding action the burning debris of the turkish ship set the russian flagship on fire and soon she blew up. The russian admiral escaped the explosion just minutes […]
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