The Dutch Raid on the Medway, 1667

The Dutch Raid on the Medway, 1667

SK-A-307

Het verbranden van de Engelse vloot op de rivier de Medway bij Chatham, 20 juni 1667. Episode uit de Tweede Engelse Oorlog. Nederlandse en Engelse oorlogsschepen op zee, in het midden het vlaggeschip The Royal Charles. Tussen de brandende schepen varen meerdere sloepen.

• inscription, on the tafferel of the warship, centre left: ‘IONATHAN’
• inscription, on the tafferel of the warship, left: ‘C·R / MATHIAS’
• inscription, on the tafferel of the warship, far right: ‘C·R / […]AELE BOOM’
• coat of arms, on the tafferel of the warship, centre, beneath the royal coat of arms of King Charles II of Great Britain within the letterd garter of the Order of the Garter: ‘THE ROYÆLE.CHARLES / C·R’
• inscription, on the tafferel of the warship, centre right, above the royal coat of arms of King Charles II of Great Britain within the lettered garter of the Order of the Garter: ‘C·R’
• inscription, on the tafferel of the warship, right, above the royal coat of arms of King Charles II of Great Britain within the lettered garter of the Order of the Garter: ‘CAROLUS QUINTUS / C·R’
• inscription, indistinct, on the stern of the fireship, left

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

• painter: anonymous, Low Countries
• painter: anoniem, Low Countries
• painter: Peter van de Velde [rejected attribution]

c. 1670

oil on panel

• outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)
• support: height 72.4 cm x width 107.3 cm

Public domain

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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