File:The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 RMG BHC0318.tiff
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editWillem van de Velde the Younger: The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673
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Willem Van de Velde, the Younger |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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marine art ![]() |
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Description |
English: The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 The Battle of Texel was the last battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-74, between the Dutch on one side and the English and French on the other. It represented the final attempt by the Allies to destroy the Dutch fleet and leave the coast free for an invasion of Holland from the sea. The initial superiority of numbers enjoyed by the allies was neutralised by the French whose fleet wished to take very little part in the fighting. Aware of the French reluctance, the Dutch admiral De Ruyter concentrated on the English squadrons, but after a day of fierce action no major unit was taken or destroyed on either side. The painting shows the ‘Prince’ defending herself against the repeated attacks of Cornelis Tromp. The ‘Prince’ is shown well in the foreground a little to the right, with only her foremast standing. She is firing her guns into Tromp’s ship the 'Comeestar' with Tromp’s striped double prince flag at the main. Ahead of her on the extreme left is a Dutch fireship being fired on by an English ship close by. On smoke close on the ‘Prince’s starboard is a ship of Tromp’s squadron with her topmast falling. On the extreme right is an English ship approaching which is probably the ‘St Andrew’ Sir John Kempthorne’s ship as admiral of the blue, flying a blue flag. Further away the ‘Royal Sovereign’ approaches flying Prince Rupert’s Union flag at the main and a red flag as a signal for close-action at the fore. In the left foreground there is the topmast from a ship of the blue squadron floating in the water with men clinging to it. The painting is signed ‘WVV’. |
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Date | Late 17th century - Early 18th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas ![]() |
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Dimensions | Painting: 813 mm x 1448 mm; Frame: 1080 mm x 1715 mm x 115 mm Weight: 42.6 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC0318 |
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Notes | Signed? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: 1934-37 id number: BHC0318 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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