File:The Battle of Lowestoft, 3 June 1665, Showing HMS 'Royal Charles' and the 'Eendracht' RMG BHC0283.tiff
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editHendrik van Minderhout: The Battle of Lowestoft, 3 June 1665, Showing HMS 'Royal Charles' and the 'Eendracht' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q2309375 |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | marine art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: The Battle of Lowestoft, 3 June 1665, Showing HMS 'Royal Charles' and the 'Eendracht' The battle of Lowestoft was the first fleet action of the Second Dutch War, 1665–67, and resulted in a Dutch defeat with a loss of about 30 ships. In this initial fleet engagement both sides had over a 100 sail. The action began at 3.30 and continued until 1900 by which time the Dutch were in flight with 17 ships sunk or captured. Following action with the ‘Royal Charles’, with HRH the Duke of York on board, the principal Dutch flagship the ‘Eendracht’ blew up, killing her admiral Lieutenant -Admiral Jan van Wassenaer Heer van Obdam. Of a crew of over 400 only five survived. This painting was probably painted shortly after the battle and shows the action between the 'Royal Charles' and the 'Eendracht' from the Dutch perspective. The left foreground is dominated by the duelling flagships of the two commanders-in-chief. On the left is the ‘Royal Charles’, with the Duke of York on board, and the Royal crest is shown carved on her stern. A small boat is connected to the ship by a rope held by two men and other men can be seen working in the rigging. In very close action to the right is the ‘Eendracht’ with the carved lion visible on her stern, and flying the Dutch flag and ensign, just before she blew up. The painting inaccurately gives the English flagship ‘Royal Charles’ a Dutch stern, with a square tuck and gallery. |
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Date | mid-17th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on panel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 762 mm x 1257 mm; Frame: 1137 mm x 1488 mm x 90 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC0283 |
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Notes | Hendrik van Minderhout 1632-96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11775 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1948-527 id number: BHC0283 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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