File:The 'St Andrew' at Sea in a Moderate Breeze RMG BHC3618.tiff
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[edit]Willem van de Velde the Younger: The 'St Andrew' at Sea in a Moderate Breeze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willem van de Velde, the Younger |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | marine art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: The 'St Andrew' at Sea in a Moderate Breeze A closely observed portrait of the 'St Andrew', 96 guns. She was built at Woolwich Dockyard by Christopher Pett in 1670 and was later renamed the 'Royal Anne' after rebuilding as a 100-gun ship in 1704. She flew Sir John Kempthorne's blue flag at the fore, as vice-admiral, at the Battle of the Texel in 1673 and since she flies a blue flag at the fore here it is likely that he commissioned the painting. Van de Velde also made several detailed drawings of the ship in preparation for it. She is here shown prominently positioned in the centre of the picture and is viewed from the port broadside, abaft the beam, with the stern visible. On a long line astern she is towing a boat with several men in it. Ahead of the 'St Andrew', nearly in stern view, is a ship of the red squadron, bearing a large royal arms on the stern. Another ship is visible beyond in port-broadside view, running across her bow and there is another ship before the wind in the right background. The artist was younger son of Willem van de Velde the Elder. Born in Leiden, he studied under Simon de Vlieger in Weesp and in 1652 moved back to Amsterdam. He worked in his father's studio and developed the skill of carefully drawing ships in tranquil settings. He changed his subject matter, however, when he came with his father to England in1672-73, by a greater concentration on royal yachts, men-of-war and storm scenes. From this time painting sea battles for Charles II and his brother (and Lord High Admiral) James, Duke of York, and other patrons, became a priority. Unlike his father's works, however, they were not usually eyewitness accounts. After his father's death in 1693 his continuing role as an official marine painter obliged him to be more frequently present at significant maritime events. The painting was probably made the year after the artist came to England and he also did several other versions of it. |
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Date |
circa 1673 date QS:P571,+1673-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 1092 x 838 mm; Frame: 1437 x 1186 x 105 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC3618 |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15091 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: 1945-130 Robinson Cat No: 301 id number: BHC3618 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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