A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’

A Ship on the High Seas Caught by a Squall, Known as ‘The Gust’

SK-A-1848

signature: ‘W. v. Velde f.’

This large, 70-gun British warship is in distress. A fierce gust of wind has broken one of its masts, and a sail has come loose. In 1672, Willem van de Velde II, together with his father, who was also a marine painter, entered the service of the English court. He made this painting and its companion, The Cannon Shot, in England.

painter: Willem van de Velde (II)

c. 1680

olieverf op doek

height 77 cm x width 63.5 cm x height 90.5 cm x width 78.5 cm x depth 6.5 cm

purchase 1900-03

Public domain

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