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The vessel speeding towards the distant man-of-war (battleship) is a snaauwschip – a dispatch boat. The man-of-war is at anchor, its sails furled, flying the Dutch colours. The snaauwschip tows a small vessel, perhaps to transfer one of the crew with urgent orders for the man-of-war before it sets sail for one of the many wars fought by the Dutch at the time.
Closer to us the sea becomes more turbulent. A small flat-bottomed boat lying low in the water fights the waves, the sail lowered. Just one face looks out – full of character, the owner’s hand on the tiller – unperturbed and calm in the face of nature’s power.
Title
A View across a River near Dordrecht (?)
Date
about 1665
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 34.1 x W 47.8 cm
Accession number
NG1000
Acquisition method
Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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