- Artist
- Willem van de Velde (II)
- Year
- c. 1680
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 78.5 × 67 cm
Public Domain
Rijksmuseum
A small fleet of Dutch ships rests on a breeze-rippled sea, one vessel firing a ceremonial cannon shot as its flag catches the low sun. Willem van de Velde the Younger, the leading marine painter of the Dutch Golden Age, combined meticulous rendering of rigging and hulls with a luminous, golden sky.