About this site

. Walnut chair with a cane seat and back. H stretcher, carved with a scallop shell and foliage on the top rail and front stretcher and with foliage alone on the sides of the back. Numbered 10 on a brass plaque.
1665
National Maritime Museum

A council-of-war in the Dutch fleet, August 1665?. This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing, by the Elder, of the Dutch fleet under easy sail in a seaway. In the centre middle distance is a starboard quarter view of the commander-in-chief, probably De
1665
National Maritime Museum

A Dutch squadron at anchor. A distant view showing ships with pendants at the fore, and a smalschip before a light breeze in the right middle distance. A coastline is pictured beyond the ships. This is a pencil and wash drawing by the Younger, signed &ls
1665
National Maritime Museum

A Flute in the Trough of a sea and a ship scudding. Print
1665
National Maritime Museum

A Flute in the Trough of a sea and a ship scudding. Print
1665
National Maritime Museum

A flute in the trough of a sea and a ship scudding. Technique includes engraving.
1665
National Maritime Museum

A galley & ships in a heavy sea. Print
1665
National Maritime Museum

A galley & ships in a heavy sea. Print
1665
National Maritime Museum

A ship scudding in a gale. Print
1665
National Maritime Museum

A smack close-hauled in a strong breeze. Print
1665
National Maritime Museum

A tochschuit pushing off from the shore. A stern view of a tochtschuit near a pier pushing off bow first under sail. Two pinks are lying at the end of the pier. The drawing is inscribed on the back ‘den 20 meij 1665’. This drawing is distingu
1665
National Maritime Museum

Coin commemorating the dominion of the sea. A pattern for a halfpenny commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of Charles II (left), laureate, in armour. Legend: 'CAROLVS . A . CAROLO' (Charles of Charles, i.e., son of Charles). Reve
1665
National Maritime Museum

De Liefde lying near Hjelte fiord September 1665. This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder of a distant view looking into a fiord. On the right is De Liefde in the ‘Groot Hollandia’ (liefde groot hollat), Gotskens in the &lsquo
1665
National Maritime Museum

Flagmen of Lowestoft: Admiral Sir Thomas Allin. A three-quarter-length portrait to left in a brown silk coat. His left hand rests on his sword, which hangs on a heavy gold embroidered baldric and his right hand points towards ships in action on the left.
1665
National Maritime Museum

Makou. Macao in 1655. A print showing ships off the coast of Macao from Joan Nieuhof's 'Het Gezantschap Der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie' (1665).
1665
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the Battle of Bergen, 1665. Medal commemorating the Battle of Bergen, 1665. Obverse: Naval action in the harbour, in the foreground houses palisaded and people witnessing the fight. Reverse: Inscription, 'Op de roof zugt van Carel
1665
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft and the death of Admiral Kortenaar, 1665. Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft and the death of Admiral Egbert Meeuwszoon Kortenaer, 1665. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Kortenaer in a leather coat, decorated b
1665
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Medal commemorating the battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Obverse: Bust of the Duke of York (James II) in armour and mantle (right). Legend: 'IACOBVS . DVX . EBOR . ET . ALBAN . FRATER . AVGVSTISS . CAROLI
1665
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Obverse: Bust of the Duke of York (James II) in armour and mantle (right). Legend: 'IACOBVS . DVX . EBOR . ET . ALBAN . FRATER . AVGVSTISS . CAROLI
1665
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Obverse: Bust of the Duke of York (James II) in long wig, armour and mantle (right). Legend: 'IACOBVS . DVX . EBOR . ET . ALBAN . DOM . MAGN . ADMIR
1665
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the dominion of the sea. Medal affirming Charles's claims to dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of King Charles II in along wig, laureate, in ornamental armour and mantle (left). Legend: 'CAROLVS . II . D . G : M : BR : FR :
1665
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the dominion of the sea. Medal commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of King Charles II (right) in a long wig, laureate, and mantle. Legend: 'CAROLVS . II . D . G . M . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REX.' Reverse: The k
1665
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the dominion of the sea. Medal commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of King Charles II in along wig, laureate, in ornamental armour and mantle (left). Legend: 'CAROLVS . II . D . G : M : BR : FR : ET . H : REX.
1665
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the strengthened navy. Medal commemorating the strengthened navy. Obverse: Youthful head of King Louis XIV with long hair (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Port-quarter view of a battleship u
1665
National Maritime Museum

Naval reward medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Naval reward medal commemorating the Battle of Lowestoft, 1665. Obverse: Head of King Charles II, laureate, in a long wig (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS . SECVNDVS . DEI . GRATIA . MAG . BRI
1665
National Maritime Museum

Pattern commemorating the dominion of the sea. Pattern commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of Charles II (left), laureate, in armour. Legend: 'CAROLVS . A . CAROLO' (Charles of Charles, i.e., son of Charles). Below: '1665&#
1665
National Maritime Museum

Pattern commemorating the dominion of the sea. Pattern commemorating the dominion of the sea. Obverse: Bust of King Charles II hair short, tied, laureate, in armour (left). Legend: 'CAROLVS . A . CAROLO.' Exergue: '1665'. Reverse: Brit
1665
National Maritime Museum

Portrait of the 'Burcht van Leiden'. Portrait of the ‘Burcht van Leiden’ viewed from the starboard quarter. The fore course and mizzen are loosed; the fore and main topsails are hoised; the main yard is acockbill; a flag is at the ma
1665
National Maritime Museum

Portrait of the 'Damiaten'. Possibly a portrait of the ‘Damianten’, built in 1663, 36 guns; she was last mentioned in 1689. She is viewed from astern slightly on the starboard quarter with the wind on the port quarter, under main to
1665
National Maritime Museum

Portrait of the 'Eendracht'. This is a portrait of the ‘Eendracht’ viewed from the starboard beam. The lower-masts and yards, bowsprit and spritsail topmast roughly sketched in. There is a barge alongside. It is a faint offset, not
1665
National Maritime Museum

Portrait of the ‘Eendracht’. Portrait of the ‘Eendracht’, viewed from slightly abaft the port beam showing the fore yard lowered. On the tafferel, the lion of the United Provinces is rampant guardant within a circular fence. There
1665
National Maritime Museum

Shipping in light airs off Wieringen. In the right middle-distance, the port broadside view of a ship at anchor with a galjoot alongside. Ahead of her, a lee bow view of a smalschip close-hauled on the starboard tack. On the left is a kaag in the wind. Th
1665
National Maritime Museum

The 'Hilversum' at anchor in a harbour. The focus of the drawing, in the left foreground, is a Dutch ship shown in stern view. This is probably the ‘Hilversum’ at anchor, her fore and main yards lowered and the mizzen topsail set. Th
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch fleet becalmed. The Dutch fleet becalmed, August 1665; part of a series of drawings of De Ruyter’s voyage to Bergen, Autumn 1665. A starboard bow view of a two-decker with flag at the mizzen lying becalmed with her topsails loosed; there
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch fleet before the Battle of Lowestoft, May-June 1665. In this drawing, the Dutch fleet is under easy sail before the wind. In the centre of the drawing is a large ship with a flag and pendant at the main. On the right is a shop with a flag at the
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Merchant Shipping Anchorage off Texel Island with Oudeschild in the Distance. The setting for this painting is the merchant shipping roadstead off the eastern coast of Texel, one of a group of northern islands guarding the entrance to the Zuider Zee.
1665
National Maritime Museum

Three Dutch flagships hove-to in light airs. A distant view showing on the right a vice-admiral under fore course and topsails, with the main topsail laid to the mast. In the centre is another vice-admiral and on the left is an admiral. A coastline can be
1665
National Maritime Museum

[East Indies]. Single sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum mounted on two hinged boards each 70.5 x 27.5cm. Scale: [ca. 1:10 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Distance scale in English leagues. Additional Places: W Pacific, China, Japan, Borneo
1665
National Maritime Museum

[NE Atlantic, England to Strait of Gibraltar]. 2 sheets joined. hand coloured manuscript on vellum, mounted on four hinged oak boards, each 26 x 76cm. The scale is in English leagues. The chart contains a latitude bar. Soundings are shown in the south-wes
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch fleet at anchor in the Helder, 12 May 1665. In the background, there is a port-broadside view of the Dutch fleet lying at anchor, which seems to lie facing the wind. In the foreground is a stern view of a boeier yacht. The work is inscribed wit
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch fleet lying in the Helder 4/14 May 1665. On the left, a distant view of a number of ships lying at anchor with their fore and main yards acockbil. In the centre foreground, a port bow view of a smalschip at anchor. To the right, a small harbour
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch fleet at anchor, 23 May 1665. The Dutch fleet at anchor, 13 [OS]/23 May 1665. In the foreground is a starboard broadside view of a weyschuit being towed by a man close in to the shore. In the middle distance is a port bow view of a ship before a
May 1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch fleet in light airs 1 June 1665. Drawing of the Battle of Lowestoft, 3 [OS]/13 June 1665 showing the Dutch fleet in light airs, 22 May [OS]/1 June 1665. On the right is a starboard quarter view of a large ship with pendant at the mizzen. Further
1665
National Maritime Museum

Battle off Lowestoffe 1665 3rd June (Harwich). Print
1804
National Maritime Museum

Defeat of the Dutch fleet, 3 June 1665. Print
Feb 1795
National Maritime Museum

Dutch ships in a sea, 28 May-7 June 1665. This unsigned drawing depicts a fresh breeze and a heavy sea. In the foreground, van de Velde's galjoot is visible, with a quartering wind running down towards a ship in the left background which has carried
1665
National Maritime Museum

The day before the battle of Lowestoft, 2-12 June 1665. The Dutch fleet is shown with the wind and the sun coming from the left hand side of the drawing. In the centre foreground is a starboard bow view of the ‘Eendract’ (den baron van wassena
1665
National Maritime Museum

The action at Bergen, 2 August 1665. The action was fought in an attempt by the English to destroy some Dutch Indiamen which had taken refuge there. The Danish forts supported the stout defence of the Dutch ships, which succeeded in repulsing the superior
1666
National Maritime Museum

Action at Bergen, 3 August 1665. An incident following the Dutch defeat at Lowestoft, which was the first fleet action of the Second Dutch War, 1665-67. A returning Dutch East India and Smyrna fleet was forced to put into Bergen, Norway, a neutral port fo
1666
National Maritime Museum

d Engelsen aenval tot Bergen in Noorwegen op den 12 Augusti, Ao 1665; Bergen 3-4 Aug 1665. Text in Dutch on reverse.
1667
National Maritime Museum

Tromp’s fleet: a council of war off the Texel, 5 August 1665. One of a series of drawings made by Van de Velde the Elder when he was attached to the Dutch fleet following the action at Bergen on 2 August 1665, early in the second Anglo-Dutch War. Th
1665
National Maritime Museum

Tromp’s fleet: a council of war, 5 August 1665?. One of a series of drawings made by Van de Velde the Elder when he was attached to the Dutch fleet following the action at Bergen on 2 August 1665, early in the second Anglo-Dutch War. This view of th
1665
National Maritime Museum

De Ruyter's arrival in the Wester Ems 27 July/ 6 Aug 1665 (or return from the West Indies 27 July 1665). On the right is a broadside view of De Ruyer’s flagship the ‘Spiegel’ with a flag and pendant at the main, lying at anchor with
1665
National Maritime Museum

De Ruyter's arrival in the Wester Ems, 27 July/6 Aug 1665. In the right middle-distance, the ‘Speigel’, viewed from abaft the starboard beam, lying at anchor head to wind; flag and pendant at the main and pendant at the fore; firing a sal
1665
National Maritime Museum

De Ruyter joining Tromp's fleet in the North Sea, 8-18 August 1665. This unsigned drawing shows a low horizon. In the right background, De Ruyter is seen coming up before the wind in the 'Schiedam'. This is accompanied by the inscription, &
1665
National Maritime Museum

Dutch fleet after the council-of-war, 8-18 August 1665. In this unsigned work, the Dutch fleet are shown hove-to or under easy sail in a light breeze. On the right is a port-quarter view of the 'Delfsland', de Ruyter's new ship. There is a
1665
National Maritime Museum

The council-of-war after De Ruyter's arrival in the Dutch fleet, 18 August 1665. This is one of a number of sketches from De Ruyter’s Voyage to Bergen in Autumn 1665. Soon after his return from the West Indies, De Ruyter was chosen as commander
1665
National Maritime Museum

The council-of-war in the Dutch fleet 18 August 1665. Drawing of the council-of-war in the Dutch fleet, 8 [OS]/18 August 1665, part of a series of drawings of De Ruyter’s voyage to Bergen, Autumn 1665. The council-of-war was held on board the &lsqu
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch fleet after the council-of-war 18 August 1665. The Dutch fleet after the council of war, 8 [OS]/18 August 1665, part of a series of drawings of De Ruyter’s voyage to Bergen, Autumn 1665. The Dutch fleet lying-by, before its division into
1665
National Maritime Museum

De Ruyter's fleet before the wind, 9-19 August 1665. This is an unsigned, long, horizontal format drawing. The horizon is low and the majority of activity takes place towards the left of the composition. There is a starboard quarter view of de Ruyter
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch fleet on its way to the Scottish coast, 10-20 August 1665. An unsigned drawing of the Dutch fleet in open water. On the right is a port quarter view of about six ships, all of whom are running down before the wind towards some other ships on the
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch Indiamen leaving Bergen, 25 August 1665. One of a series of drawings made by Van de Velde the Elder when he was attached to the Dutch fleet following the action at Bergen on 2 August 1665, early in the second Anglo-Dutch War. The English had att
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch Indiamen passing Bok op Raa (Bjaelkero), 25 August 1665. The Dutch Indiamen passing Bok op Raa (Bjaelkero, Norway), 25 August [OS] /4 September 1665. The drawing is one of a series made when the Elder accompanied de Ruyter’s voyage to Berg
25 August 1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch fleet lying-by off Buchan Ness, 16-26 August 1665. Here, the Dutch fleet is seen lying-by in a light breeze. On the right of the drawing is a starboard quarter view of the 'Omlandia' (den haen). Well out on her port beam is the 'V
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Friesland squadron lying-by off the coast of Scotland, 16-26 August 1665. This is an unsigned horizontal format drawing. It shows ships, bearing up and before the wind. In the centre middle-distance is a stern view of the 'Steden', the ship
1665
National Maritime Museum

A council-of-war on board the 'Delfland' off Buchan Ness, 17-27 August 1665. Here, the Dutch fleet is seen lying-by in a fresh breeze. In the centre is a starboard quarter view of the 'Delfland', surrounded by a crowd of boats. To the
1665
National Maritime Museum

De Ruyter's Voyage to Bergen, autumn 1665. The Dutch fleet before a light breeze on its way to Bergen 17/27 Aug 1665. In the left foreground, a starboard bow view of a galjoot with the wind on the starboard quarter. In the right middle-distance, an a
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch Fleet Returning from Bergen, 3 September 1665. The Dutch Fleet Returning from Bergen, 3[OS]/13 September 1665. The drawing is one of a series made when the Elder accompanied de Ruyter’s voyage to Bergen in the Autumn of 1665. This took pla
1665
National Maritime Museum

Dutch Indiamen lying at Bergen 25 August [OS]/4 September 1665. Dutch Indiamen lying at Bergen 25 August [OS] /4 September 1665. The drawing shows on the left part of the castle at Bergen. Close inshore a galjoot is firing a salute as it sails away. In th
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch Indiamen attempting to sail out of Hjelte fiord, 25 August [OS] /4 September 1665. The Dutch Indiamen attempting to sail out of Hjelte fiord, 25 August [OS]/4 September 1665. The drawing is one of a series made when the Elder accompanied de Ruyt
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch Indiamen sailing towards Bok op Raa (Bjaelkero), 25 August-4 September 1665. This is an unsigned pencil and wash drawing by the Elder. It is inscribed ‘[?middacht] den 4 september [soo] wij na bock op raa seijlen’ (Midday on the 4 Se
1665
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch fleet scattered by a gale north of the Dogger Bank, 9 September 1665. In the autumn of 1665 van de Velde, sailing in his galjoot, accompanied Admiral de Ruyter when he went north to accompany Pieter de Bitter’s fleet of Indiaman home, afte
1665
National Maritime Museum