Burning of the English Fleet near Chatham (19-24 June 1667)

Burning of the English Fleet near Chatham (19-24 June 1667)

SK-A-1393

The river Medway during the Dutch attack on the English fleet, 1667, by Willem Schellinks. England's principal naval base was at Chatham on the river Medway. After reducing the fort at Sheerness, the Dutch ships sailed upstream and reached Chatham on 22 June 1667. Below left is Fort Sheerness, held by a Dutch garrison. Despite the ring of submerged ships, whose masts are visible above the water, the Dutch managed to penetrate the defences. In the distance, to the left in the background, is London. To the right in the background is Rochester.

• painter: Willem Schellinks, Amsterdam
• painter: Willem van de Velde (II), Amsterdam [rejected]

1667 - 1678

olieverf op doek

• depth 5.2 cm
• height 111 cm x width 168 cm x thickness 3.0 cm

Public domain

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, as attributed to Willem van de Velde, to the museum, 1883{J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, p. 173; Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1883 (annual report Rijksmuseum), p. 25.}

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