Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys near Calais, 3 October 1602

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom, 1617

Terror emanates from the bald-shaven and half-naked galley slaves. While the soldiers aboard still have a chance to escape, the enslaved crew remains chained to the rowing benches, condemned to face death by drowning. The Dutch revolt against Spain unfolded primarily at sea, where the Spanish galleys proved powerless against the robust Dutch three-masters that simply rammed into them.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-460
  • Dimensionssupport: height 118 cm x width 151 cm, outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys near Calais, 3 October 1602
    • Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys off the English Coast, 3 October 1602

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-460

  • Description

    Hollandse schepen overzeilen Spaanse galeien onder de Engelse kust, 3 oktober 1602. Zeeslag waarbij Hollandse oorlogsschepen de Spaanse galeien rammen, op de achtergrond een ander Nederlands fregat.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, top centre on the flag: ‘VROOM 1617’

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Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom
    • painter: Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom

  • Dating

    1617

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 118 cm x width 151 cm
    • outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Period

    1602-10-03

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; ? estate inventory 1632, Oude Hof, The Hague, no. 244 (‘schilderie van Vroom daer de schepen met de galeyen vechten’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer I, 1974, p. 208, no. 632.}…; first recorded in the museum, 7 December 1800;{Moes/Van Biema 1909, p. 37, 217; Van Thiel 1981a, p. 186, no. 22.} on loan to the Haags Historisch Museum, The Hague, 2005-10

Documentation

    • S.W.A. Drossaers, 'Inventaris van de meubelen van het stadhouderlijk kwartier met het speelhuis en van het huis in het Noordeinde te 's-Gravenhage', Oud Holland (1930), p. 193 vgl., p. 232, nr. 244?
    • De inrichting van de Nationale Konst-Gallery in het openingsjaar 1800, uit: Oud Holland, 95, 1981, 4, pagina pp. 170-227 - p. 186, afb. 22(zie: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42711068)
    • Documentatiemap: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).
    • J.F.L. de Balbian Verster, '...', Bulletin Nederlandsche Oudheidkundige Bond VI (1951 of 1905?), p. 165.
    • H. Jantzen, 'De ruimte in de Hollandsche zeeschildering', Onze Kunst (1910) XVIII, p. 105-107 met afb.

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