Armed Galleon Seen from Starboard Quarter

1631·Brush and gray wash, with graphite and traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper·18.4 × 51.5 cm (7 1/4 × 20 5/16 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1631
Medium: Brush and gray wash, with graphite and traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 18.4 × 51.5 cm (7 1/4 × 20 5/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Willem van de Velde II

Artist

Willem van de Velde II

Painting

Willem van de Velde the Younger was a Dutch painter who specialised in marine art. He was the son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, who also specialised in marine art. His brother, Adriaen van de Velde, was a landscape painter.

Amsterdam

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