"Naval Battle between Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter and the Duke of York on the ""Royal Prince"" during the Battle of Solebay, 7 June 1672: episode from the Third Anglo-Dutch War", Willem van de Velde (II), 1691

Title(s)

"Naval Battle between Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter and the Duke of York on the ""Royal Prince"" during the Battle of Solebay, 7 June 1672: episode from the Third Anglo-Dutch War"

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-1716

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘W. vand. Velde Int.’
• signature and date: ‘W. v. Velde J. 1691’

Description

Het gevecht van Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter tegen de hertog van York op de 'Royal Prince' tijdens de zeeslag bij Solebay, 7 juni 1672: episode uit de Derde Engelse Zeeoorlog (1672-74). In het midden vaart het Engelse schip, zonder het bovendeel van de mast. Rond dit schip zeilen enkele kleine schepen.

Artist

• painter: Willem van de Velde (II)

Dating

1691

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 112 cm × width 182 cm
depth 8.8 cm

What

• battle (+ sailing-ships)
• sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• Battle of Solebay

When

• 1672-06-07 - 1672-06-07

Where

• Sole Bay

Who

• Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase Jan-1898

Copyright

Public domain

• Zeeslagen en zeehelden in de Gouden Eeuw, afb. 116
• Documentatiemap: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).