A Dutch Yacht surrounded by Many Small Vessels, saluting as Two Barges pull alongside

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This is the largest and most elaborate of the pictures by Willem van de Velde the Younger in the National Gallery’s collection. Painted with the artist’s usual accuracy and fine detail, the depiction of a marine occasion fairly common in a seafaring nation like seventeenth-century Holland becomes spectacular and exciting. The central vessel is a Statenjacht (state yacht) flying the Dutch colours. The puff of smoke is cannon fire, a salute to the officials approaching in the barge alongside, which bears the coat of arms of Amsterdam. The small pleasure yacht on the extreme right carries a pennant, the colours of which signify a private vessel. The blue panel on the pennant features a gold wreath with the initials ‘W/VV’ in the centre.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

A Dutch Yacht surrounded by Many Small Vessels, saluting as Two Barges pull alongside

Date

1661

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 90 x W 126 cm

Accession number

NG978

Acquisition method

Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876

Work type

Painting

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