The Arrival of the Royal Charles

• The Arrival of the English Flagship 'Royal Charles' at Hellevoetsluis, Captured during the Dutch Raid on the Medway, June 1667
• The Arrival of the Royal Charles

SK-A-1389

• signature: ‘I.V.D.’
• inscription: ‘Huius quondam Britannicae et Praetoriae Navis accuratissime picta Imago: ... [pri]mo Superati regis Caroli I. et regii victi Exercitus ad Nazebin: Deinde regis Caroli II. is sua Regna reducis: de cujus nomine regius appellata a Carolus: Et postremo a Batavis in ipsa Britannia capta ingentis Victoriae et simul optatissimae Pacis monimentum extitit D.D. Cornelio de Witt versae Classis Belgicae Imperatori et Victori Batavo: Ejusque Liberis Posteris paternae avitaeque virtutis incitamento D.’

The Royal Charles was the most powerful warship in the English fleet. The Dutch captured the vessel during the raid on the naval base at Chatham in June 1667 and moved it to the Dutch port of Hellevoetsluis. The English ship’s flag is lowered to signify its surrender. The ship’s ornamentally carved counter is on display in this gallery.

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

painter: Jeronymus van Diest (II)

1667

olieverf op doek

• depth 7 cm
• height 68.0 cm x width 103.5 cm

purchase 1880

Public domain

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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