The Capture of the Royal Prince

The Capture of the Royal Prince

SK-A-438

signature: ‘W.V.V.’

On 13 June 1666, the third day of the Four Days’ Battle, the English flagship the Royal Prince ran aground on a sandbank off the English coast. It was then captured by Cornelis Tromp, who transferred its crew to his vessel, the Gouda (at left). Admiral de Ruyter commanded Tromp to burn this prize. He would have preferred to tow it back to the Netherlands in triumph.

Bikker, Jonathan, 'The hidden collection of the spectacularly bankrupt banker Leendert Pieter de Neufville', Simiolus 36 (2012), nr. 3/4, p. 197, afb. 22.

painter: Willem van de Velde (II)

c. 1670

olieverf op doek

• height 58.5 cm x width 81 cm
• depth 6.5 cm

purchase 1808

Public domain

Bikker, Jonathan, 'The hidden collection of the spectacularly bankrupt banker Leendert Pieter de Neufville', Simiolus 36 (2012), nr. 3/4, p. 197, afb. 22.

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