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| Keywords: Willem van de Velde, the Younger - The taking of the english flagship the Royal Prince.png Artwork Q17320920 Creator Willem van de Velde II 1666 oil canvas size cm 59 81 Institution Rijksmuseum accession number SK-A-439 object history credit line Like his father Willem van de Velde the Younger specialised in paintings of ships and naval battles but whereas his father elected for the extreme precision of a draughtsmanlike technique he preferred colour and a method that allowed him to depict the mood of the day the lead-grey smoke of battle or clouds against a blue sky in stormy weather His work displays great variety within the limitations of the genre ranging from small subtly executed pieces like this one to a monumental of Ij Sound in Amsterdam now in the Amsterdams Historisch Museum and from a single ship on mirror smooth water to dramatic fires at sea and raging storms <br /> The Four Days Battle was a naval battle of the Second Anglo-Dutch War Fought from 11 June to 14 June 1666 off the Flemish and English coast it remains one of the longest naval engagements in history Although the Dutch claimed victory both sides had suffered sever losses Those of the English were greater and included the ships captured by the Dutch which are depicted in the companion piece http //www lib-art com/tag/ships html www lib-art com PD-old-100 Willem van de Velde II 1666 Paintings by Willem van de Velde II in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1666 Royal Prince ship 1610 Four Days Battle 17th-century sailing ships in paintings 1666 paintings 1660s paintings in the Netherlands | ||||
