Destruction of the 'Soleil Royal' at the Battle of La Hogue, 23 May 1692

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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The action at La Hogue in May 1692 formed a crucial scene in the wider context of the Battle of Barfleur, a naval battle of the War of the League of Augsburg, 1689–1697, which was fought between an Anglo-Dutch and a French fleet. It was not finally brought to a conclusion until 24th May in the Bay of La Hogue, in the course of which the French flagship ‘Soleil Royal’ as well as the ‘Triomphant’ and the ‘Admirable’ were burned by the English. In this large oil painting depicting the destruction of the ‘Soleil Royal’ at the Battle of La Hogue, the Dutch artist employed pictorial means such as a theatrical contrast of light and shade and deep spatial recession in order to create a dramatic effect appropriate for an important event in seventeenth-century Anglo-Dutch history.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

Destruction of the 'Soleil Royal' at the Battle of La Hogue, 23 May 1692

Date

c.1700

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 91.5 x W 151 cm

Accession number

BHC0338

Work type

Painting

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