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

Description

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.

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

c. 1680

Accession Number

N/A

Medium

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Dimensions

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

Classification

Painting

Museum

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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